[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7768 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7768

 To require that independent agencies comply with all requirements of 
                  rulemaking, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2020

Mr. Budd (for himself, Mr. Roy, Mr. Cline, Mr. Flores, and Mr. Smith of 
  Nebraska) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on 
  the Judiciary, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require that independent agencies comply with all requirements of 
                  rulemaking, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom from Regulations Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT AGENCIES TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT-WIDE RULES ON 
              AGENCY ACTION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an independent agency 
(as such term is defined in section 3502(5) of title 44, United States 
Code, but in any event not including the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System) shall comply with any provision of law 
applicable to the agency action of any other agency, including the 
provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States 
Code, chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act of 1995, the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1996, and section 515 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2001.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    Terms used in this Act have the meanings given such terms in 
section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
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