,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #b1 #bjai,mr4  
,posey introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
sunset new ,federal regulatory rules    
after #c years1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,article ,i ,restoration ,act of
 #bjai4  #b4 ,sunset of ,federal        
regulations after #c years  7a7 ,sunset 
,any covered rule issued by an agency   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act shall sunset on the date that is   
three years after the effective date of 
such covered rule1 unless specifically  
reauthorized by an ,act of ,congress4   
7b7 ,after sunset ,an agency may not    

reissue1 enforce1 revise1 or take other 
regulatory action related to a covered  
rule that has sunset under subsection   
7a74  7c7 ,oversight by ,,omb and heads 
of agencies ,the ,director of the       
,office of ,management and ,budget or   
the head of the relevant agency may     
oversee the sunset of covered rules     
under subsection 7a74  #c4 ,submission  
of request for reauthorization to       
,congress  7a7 ,request for             
reauthorization ,if the head of an      
agency that issues covered rules wants  
to request a reauthorization for such   
rules1 such head shall1 not later than  
the ,december #a that is one year before
 the date on which the covered rule is  
scheduled to sunset1 submit to ,congress
 and any appropriate committee of       
,congress a report containing such      
request that includes--  7#a7 a         
justification for the reauthorization of
 each covered rule2  7#b7 any related   
covered rules2 and  7#c7 any            
recommendation or request made by the   

chair or ranking member of an           
appropriate committee of ,congress4  7b7
 ,single submission ,the head of an     
agency submitting a request for         
reauthorization under subsection 7a7    
shall make every effort to bundle       
multiple requests for reauthorization in
 a single submission4  7c7 ,public      
availability of reports ,any report     
submitted by the head of an agency under
 subsection 7a7 shall be published on   
the public website of the agency4  #d4  
,relationship to the administrative     
procedure ,nothing in this ,act shall be
 construed to supersede the provisions  
of chapter #e1 #f1 or #g of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code4  #e4 ,definitions
 ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,agency ,the term  
agency has the meaning given that term  
in section #eea of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,administrator ,the
 term ,administrator means the          
,administrator of the ,office of        
,information and ,regulatory ,affairs in
 the ,office of ,management and ,budget4

  7#c7 ,covered rule ,the term covered  
rule has the meaning given the term rule
 in section #eea of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code1 but does not include a   
rule-- 7,a7 issued in accordance with   
the formal rulemaking provisions of     
sections #eef and #eeg of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code2  7,b7 issued with
 respect to a military or foreign       
affairs function of the ,united ,states2
  7,c7 that the ,administrator certifies
 in writing is necessary for the        
enforcement of ,federal criminal laws2  
7,d7 that is limited to agency          
organization1 management1 or personnel  
matters2 or  7,e7 that is necessary due 
to an imminent threat to human health or
 safety or any other emergency4  7#d7   
,sunset ,the term sunset means to have  
no force or effect4