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However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation."}],"words":80},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Congressional Review Act in title 5 of the United States Code so that one joint resolution of disapproval can cover more than one rule submitted during the final year of a President's term.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115/text/eh#H24923F2FD4934A8E89CF316D08D28295"}]},"core_areas":["Joint resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act for rules submitted in the final year of a President's term"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a paragraph to section 801(d) of title 5, United States Code, allowing a joint resolution of disapproval to contain one or more rules described in that subsection.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115/text/eh#H24923F2FD4934A8E89CF316D08D28295"}},{"text":"Limits that allowance to rules whose reports under section 801(a)(1)(A) were submitted during the final year of a President's term.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115/text/eh#H24923F2FD4934A8E89CF316D08D28295"}},{"text":"Amends section 802(a) of title 5 to add the words \"(except as otherwise provided in this subsection)\" after \"resolving clause of which is\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115/text/eh#H24923F2FD4934A8E89CF316D08D28295"}},{"text":"Sets the wording that follows the resolving clause of a resolution covering several rules: \"That Congress disapproves the following rules,\" with blanks for each rule's submitting agency and subject, and the statement that the rules have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115/text/eh#H24923F2FD4934A8E89CF316D08D28295"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Midnight Rules Relief Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115/text/eh#H4063F231D4FC4F71A81D5E02F247DEF9"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-12-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/115/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-115.png","v":"033e47c79e52","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 115, 118th Congress: Midnight Rules Relief Act. House: 210 Yea, 201 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 17 Dec 2024."}}