HR 77
Passed a chamber
Allows Congress to vote on several rules issued in a president's final year together in one disapproval resolution, rather than one rule at a time.
Official title: Midnight Rules Relief Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-JAN-2025
Referred
03-JAN-2025
On the calendar
10-FEB-2025
Passed
12-FEB-2025
Senate
Received
13-FEB-2025
- Amends the Congressional Review Act to permit one joint resolution to disapprove more than one rule.
- Covers only rules whose reports to Congress were submitted during the final year of a President's term.
- Sets standard wording for these resolutions: 'That Congress disapproves the following rules,' followed by a list of rules that 'shall have no force or effect.'
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 12-FEB-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Rules Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
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12 Republicans