118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 1507Stop Corporate Capture Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to require disclosure of conflicts of interest with respect to rulemaking, and for other purposes.

Government operations and politics
Introduced Mar 9, 2023
Last action Mar 9, 2023
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Mar 9, 2023
Oversight · Judiciary
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill modifies the process for federal agency rulemaking. Specifically, it (1) requires interested parties who submit a study or research as part of a comment to a proposed rule to disclose the source of the funding for the study or research, (2) limits the use of the negotiated rulemaking process to government agencies, (3) provides statutory authority for the judicial principle that requires courts to defer to an agency's reasonable or permissible interpretation of a federal law when the law is silent or ambiguous (i.e., the Chevron doctrine), and (4) establishes an Office of the Public Advocate to support public participation in the rulemaking process. Additionally, a public company...

Provisions · 18 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced in House
Mar 9, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 9, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.