Regulatory Reform Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Regulatory Reform Act - Abolishes the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Power Commission as of September 30, 1977. Abolishes the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Maritime Commission, and the Interstate Commerce Commission as of September 30, 1978. Abolishes the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission as of September 30, 1979. Requires Congressional inquiries into the performance and effectiveness of agencies covered by this Act for purposes of possible continuance of each agency. Provides for a method whereby an agency may have its abolition postponed. Provides for the transfer of the personnel, property and funds of agencies abolished under this Act to the President or a designated successor agency.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on November 20, 1975. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on November 20, 1975: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 94th Congress (1975-76), 588 of the 21,097 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
GLENN ENGLISH (D-OK) introduced it on November 20, 1975. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on November 20, 1975, 18557 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18557 days ago, on November 20, 1975.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 94th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1977 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers