US SB909 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on March 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (i.e., without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. Further, this bill prohibits reviewing courts from deferring to an agency's interpretation of a question of law when the authorizing statutory or regulatory provision is silent or ambiguous with respect to an agency's authority. No law may exempt a civil action from the standard of review required by this bill except by specific reference to such provision.

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Title

Separation of Powers Restoration Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-03-27SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Same As/Similar To

HB1927 (Related) 2019-05-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
HB7895 (Related) 2020-07-31 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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