How HR 77 changes current law

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The bill allows for en bloc consideration of joint resolutions of disapproval for multiple 'midnight rules' in a single resolution.

• 5 U.S.C. § 801(d)

  (4) In applying section 802 to rules described under paragraph (1), a joint resolution of disapproval may contain one or more such rules if the report under subsection (a)(1)(A) for each such rule was submitted during the final year of a President's term.

  This addition permits a single joint resolution to disapprove multiple rules issued in the last year of a presidential term.

• 5 U.S.C. § 802(a)

  the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: "That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the __ relating to __, and such rule shall have no force or effect." → (except as otherwise provided in this subsection); In the case of a joint resolution under section 801(d)(4), the matter after the resolving clause of such resolution shall be as follows: `That Congress disapproves the following rules: the rule submitted by the __ relating to __; and the rule submitted by the __ relating to __. Such rules shall have no force or effect.' (The blank spaces being appropriately filled in and additional clauses describing additional rules to be included as necessary).

  This amendment clarifies the resolving clause for joint resolutions that disapprove multiple rules, allowing for detailed descriptions of each rule to be included.