Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking : An Update and Assessment After Nullification of OSHA's Ergonomics Standard.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Executive-legislative relations.

Administrative agencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (41 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes Congressional review of Federal agency rulemaking, as allowed by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, including disapproval of OSHA ergonomics standard in Mar. 2001. Analyzes problems with current law, including lack of expedited consideration procedure in the House, lack of a screening mechanism to identify certain rules needing special Congressional attention, and necessity of supermajority for passage of disapproval resolution for certain politically important agency rules.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking

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