,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #d1         
#bjag,mrs4 ,love 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,mitchell1 ,mr4 ,ratcliffe1 ,mr4        
,walker1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mr4 ,labrador1   
,ms4 ,tenney1 ,mr4 ,hill1 and ,mr4      
,luetkemeyer7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to specify the scope of judicial review
 of certain agency actions1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,judicial      
,review ,improvement ,act of #bjag4  #b4
 ,scope of judicial review of agency    
actions  7a7 ,in general                
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 in any judicial review of an agency
 action pursuant to chapter #g of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to the extent
 necessary to decide when presented1 the
 reviewing court shall determine the    
meaning or applicability of the terms of
 an agency action and decide de novo all

 relevant questions of law1 including   
the interpretation of constitutional and
 statutory provisions and rules made by 
an agency4 ,if the reviewing court      
determines that a statutory or          
regulatory provision relevant to its    
decision contains a gap or ambiguity1   
the court shall not interpret that gap  
or ambiguity as an implicit delegation  
to the agency of legislative rulemaking 
authority and shall not rely on such gap
 or ambiguity as a justification either 
for interpreting agency authority       
expansively or for deferring to the     
agency's interpretation on the question 
of law4 ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 this ,act shall apply 
in any action for judicial review of    
agency action authorized under any      
provision of law4 ,no law may exempt any
 such civil action from the application 
of this ,act except by specific         
reference to this ,act4  7b7 ,agency    
defined ,for purposes of this section1  
the term agency means the ,board of     

,governors of the ,federal ,reserve     
,system1 the ,bureau of ,consumer       
,financial ,protection1 the ,commodity  
,futures ,trading ,commission1 the      
,federal ,deposit ,insurance            
,corporation1 the ,federal ,housing     
,finance ,agency1 the ,office of the    
,comptroller of the ,currency1 the      
,national ,credit ,union                
,administration1 and the ,securities and
 ,exchange ,commission4