Regulatory Agency Evaluation and Elimination Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Regulatory Agency Evaluation and Elimination Act - Abolishes any Federal regulatory agency existing at the time of enactment of this Act five years after such enactment unless the President and Congress studies the performance and efficiency of such agency and Congress adopts a concurrent resolution continuing such agency. Subjects such regulatory agencies continued by such resolution to termination every seven years thereafter unless similarly continued. Terminates new Federal regulatory agencies seven years after their creation and every seven years thereafter unless continued by Congress. States that regulatory functions transferred to Federal agencies which are not regulatory agencies as defined by this Act are subject to the seven-year evaluation and elimination provisions of this Act. Provides that if the President determines that any functions of an agency to be abolished under this Act are essential to the public health, safety, or welfare, he must submit a plan to Congress for the transfer of such functions to the President or another agency designated by him. Makes such plan effective December 31 of the year in which it is submitted to Congress unless disapproved by either House within 30 days after its submission. Provides for the transfer of personnel, property, and funds of such transferred functions. Continues in effect all orders, rules, certificates and licenses issued by the abolished agency until abolished or modified by the President, the head of any successor agency, by a court, or by law. States that any judicial proceeding by or against any official shall not be discontinued by reason of the operation of this Act unless this Act renders such action unnecessary. States that no administrative action or proceeding shall abate solely because of the enactment of this Act, but continues such actions with substitutions as to officers or parties as appropriate.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on June 4, 1976. 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 June 4, 1976: 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?
JACK HIGHTOWER (D-TX) introduced it on June 4, 1976. 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 June 4, 1976, 18407 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18407 days ago, on June 4, 1976.
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