[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3922 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3922
To establish Federal Regulatory Review Commissions, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 9, 2020
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To establish Federal Regulatory Review Commissions, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coronavirus Regulatory Repeal Act of
2020''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS DURING THE EMERGENCY
PERIOD.
Any regulation waived or modified during the emergency period shall
be repealed or modified, as applicable, the day after the expiration of
the emergency period and thereafter, unless a Federal Regulatory Review
Commission recommends the regulation should not be repealed or
modified, as applicable, and a law is enacted confirming the
recommendation.
SEC. 3. FEDERAL REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSIONS.
(a) Establishment.--There are established Commissions to be known
as the ``Federal Regulatory Review Commissions''.
(b) Members.--Each Commission shall be composed of members of the
congressional committee of each jurisdiction and the head of each
agency under the jurisdiction of that committee (in this Act referred
to as the ``members'').
(c) Information.--Members may obtain information from individuals
with expertise in the operations and regulations of government
programs.
(d) Duties of the Commissions.--
(1) Review of federal regulations.--Not later than 2 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Commission
shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
the majority leader of the Senate an official recommendation,
on the repeal or modification of each regulation waived or
modified during the emergency period. Each regulation waived or
modified during the emergency period shall remain waived or
modified, as applicable, during the review period by the
Commission.
(2) Extension.--The deadline in paragraph (1) may be
extended for an additional month if the Congress enacts
legislation extending such deadline by a vote of a majority of
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(e) Report to Congress.--
(1) Agency report on regulations.--Not later than 1 month
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each
agency shall submit to each congressional committee of
jurisdiction a report that includes--
(A) an analysis of whether or not the agency can
function without the regulation or with the modified
regulation, as applicable; and
(B) an analysis of whether the regulation should be
restored to its original state before the emergency
period or should remain repealed or modified, as
applicable.
(2) Public comment period required.--The head of an agency
shall provide a public comment period before submitting a
report pursuant to paragraph (1).
(f) Congressional Recommendation.--Not later than 1 month after
receiving a report from the head of each agency pursuant to subsection
(e), each committee shall submit to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the majority leader of the Senate an official
recommendation on whether or not the repealed or modified regulation
should be re-established.
(g) Sunset of Commissions.--The Commissions established in this
section shall terminate on the final day of the final recommendation by
each committee.
SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FOR SLAUGHTER AND PREPARATION OCCURRING AT CUSTOM
SLAUGHTER FACILITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 23 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 623) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as
subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Exemption for Slaughter and Preparation Occurring at Custom
Slaughter Facilities.--
``(1) Definition of state.--In this subsection, the term
`State' means any State or Territory.
``(2) Exemption.--The provisions of this title requiring
inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of
the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products at
establishments conducting those operations for commerce shall
not apply to the slaughtering by any person of animals at a
custom slaughter facility and the preparation at that custom
slaughter facility and transportation in commerce of the
carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products of those
animals if--
``(A) the slaughtering and preparation carried out
at the custom slaughter facility is carried out in
accordance with the law of the State in which the
custom slaughter facility is located; and
``(B) the animals are slaughtered and the
carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products
of the animals are prepared exclusively for
distribution to--
``(i) household consumers within the State
in which the custom slaughter facility is
located; or
``(ii) restaurants, hotels, boarding
houses, grocery stores, or other establishments
located in the State in which the custom
slaughter facility is located that--
``(I) are involved in the
preparation of meals served directly to
consumers; or
``(II) offer meat and meat food
products for sale directly to consumers
in the State.''; and
(3) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), in the second
sentence, by striking ``paragraph (b)'' and inserting
``subsection''.
(b) No Preemption of State Law.--Nothing in an amendment made by
subsection (a) preempts any State law relating to--
(1) the slaughter of animals or the preparation of
carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products at a
custom slaughter facility; or
(2) the sale of meat or meat food products.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that
term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Emergency period.--The term ``emergency period'' means
the duration of a public health emergency declared pursuant to
section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d)
as a result of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19), including any renewal thereof.
(3) Regulation.--The term ``regulation'' has the meaning
given the term ``rule'' under section 551 of title 5, United
States Code.
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