Presidential Control of Agency Rulemaking : An Analysis of Constitutional Issues That May Be Raised by Executive Order 12291.

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Justice.

United States.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Library of Congress.

Administrative agencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1981.

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Summary:

Report, prepared by Morton Rosenberg (CRS) for the Subcom on Oversight and Investigations, analyzing President Reagan's Feb. 17, 1981 Executive Order 12291 (text, pages 75-79), imposing certain substantive and procedural requirements on executive branch agencies rulemaking, and giving OMB oversight authority in the rulemaking process.

Reviews legal basis for the order, as contained in Justice Dept Feb. 13, 1981 memo (text, pages 80-83), and considers constitutional issues and legal precedents regarding the President's role in the regulatory process.

Notes:

CRS Report.

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

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Presidential Control of Agency Rulemaking:. 81-H362-17

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