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Coats Praises House Passage of REVIEW Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today praised passage of the Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act (REVIEW Act) by the House of Representatives. In 2015, Coats introduced the Senate version of the REVIEW Act (S.1927). The bill would amend the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) to suspend the implementation of “high-impact rules” until all legal challenges are completed.

“I am pleased that the House voted to advance this common-sense legislation,” said Coats. “Hoosier employers, entrepreneurs, farmers and taxpayers face a staggering burden of compliance costs due to many dubious, overreaching executive branch rules. This practical and narrow regulatory reform would ensure that the most detrimental federal rules are legal before companies and taxpayers shoulder the burden of devastatingly high compliance costs. I urge the Senate to follow suit and pass this important legislation.”

The REVIEW Act amends the APA to establish:

  • a definition for “high-impact rules”—those costing more than $1 billion annually;
  • an automatic stay of all high-impact rules pending final judicial review if a legal challenge is filed within 60 days; and
  • a lifting of the stay if a challenge to the high-impact rule is not filed within 60 days.

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