,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #da  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjag,mr4 ,mullin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,allen1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1 ,mr4     
,cole1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4   
,gosar1 ,mrs4 ,love1 ,mr4 ,lucas1 ,mr4  
,palazzo1 ,mr4 ,russell1 ,mr4           
,westerman1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4     
,chaffetz1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 and ,mr4 ,smith  
of ,missouri7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #e1 ,united ,states     
,code1 to require agencies to respond to
 comments from congressional committees 
about proposed rulemaking1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,preventing         
,overreach ,within the ,executive       
,rulemaking ,system ,act of #bjag or the
 ,,powers ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,requiring
 agency response to comments from       
congressional committees about proposed 
rulemaking  7a7 ,in general ,section    

#eec7;c7 of title #e1 ,united ,states   
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by striking   
,after notice and inserting 7#a7 ,after 
notice2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end  
the following3  7#b7 ,no publication or 
service of a rule may be made during the
 period beginning on the date of the    
publication of a notice of proposed     
rulemaking under subsection 7b7 with    
respect to such rule and ending on the  
date that is #fj days after such date of
 publication1 subject to paragraph 7#c74
  7#c7  7,a7 ,with respect to a rule1 if
 a committee of the ,house of           
,representatives or the ,senate that has
 jurisdiction under the ,rules of the   
,house of ,representatives or the       
,senate1 respectively1 over the         
provision of law that authorizes the    
agency to issue the rule submits written
 data1 views1 or arguments to the head  
of the agency through electronic mail   
and physical mail during the period     
described in paragraph 7#b71 not later  
than #aj days after the date of such    

submission1 the head of the agency shall
 publish in the ,federal ,register a    
response that addresses the content of  
such submission and answers any         
questions posed in such submission4     
7,b7 ,the period beginning on the date  
of such submission and ending on the    
date of such publication 7or a          
notification under paragraph 7#d77;,b77 
shall not count as part of the period   
described in paragraph 7#b74  7#d7      
,paragraph 7#c77;,a7 shall not apply    
with respect to a subsequent submission 
with respect to a rule to the head of an
 agency under such paragraph by a       
committee that has made an initial      
submission to such head and received a  
response under such paragraph if the    
head--  7,a7 determines that such       
subsequent submission-- 7i7 fails to    
address the content of such response2 or
  7ii7 raises issues that were not      
raised in the initial submission or the 
response2 and  7,b7 notifies the        
committee of such determination4  4  7b7

 ,applicability ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 a rule for which the notice of proposed
 rulemaking is published under section  
#eec7;b7 of title #e1 ,united ,states   
,code1 on or after the date of enactment
 of this ,act4