CRS Reports – Week of 4-13-24 – Congressional Disapproval

This week, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published a report on “The Congressional Review Act: Defining a “Rule” and Overturning a Rule an Agency Did Not Submit to Congress”. The 118^th Congress has been fairly active in submitting and passing bills to overturn agency actions. This report outlines the processes under the Congressional Review Act (5 USC 801 thru 808) for overturing agency actions, specifically it discusses the process for congressional action in the small number of cases where the agency does not pre-submit a copy of a rule to Congress.