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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 provisions of title 5, United States Code, so that one joint resolution of disapproval can cover more than one rule whose report was submitted during the final year of a President's term.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/77/text/eh#HAD675341F34146A492D191EE1FCF5B85"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional Review Act joint resolutions of disapproval for rules submitted in the final year of a President's term"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds paragraph (4) to section 801(d) of title 5, United States Code, allowing a joint resolution of disapproval to contain one or more rules described in paragraph (1) of that subsection.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/77/text/eh#HAD675341F34146A492D191EE1FCF5B85"}},{"text":"Limits that en bloc option to rules whose report under section 801(a)(1)(A) was submitted during the final year of a President's term.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/77/text/eh#HAD675341F34146A492D191EE1FCF5B85"}},{"text":"Amends section 802(a) of title 5, United States Code, 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/119th-congress/house-bill/77/text/eh#HAD675341F34146A492D191EE1FCF5B85"}},{"text":"Sets the wording that follows the resolving clause of a joint resolution under section 801(d)(4): Congress disapproves the listed rules, each identified by the submitting body and subject, and the rules have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/77/text/eh#HAD675341F34146A492D191EE1FCF5B85"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Midnight Rules Relief Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/77/text/eh#H62EA67D0262A4B4FA9381B9CD872E14F"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-02-12","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/77/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/77","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/77/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-77.png","v":"862d18c3eb10","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 77, 119th Congress: Midnight Rules Relief Act. House: 212 Yea, 208 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 12 Feb 2025."}}