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H.Amdt.16 to H.R.5115th Congress (2017-2018)

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Amends Bill:H.R.5 — Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017
Sponsor:Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] (Offered 01/11/2017)
Latest Action:01/11/2017 On agreeing to the Goodlatte amendment (A001) Agreed to by recorded vote: 237 - 185 (Roll no. 35).

Description: H.Amdt. 16 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)All Information (Except Text)

Page 39, line 3, insert after "made by agencies." the following: "If the reviewing court determines that a statutory or regulatory provision relevant to its decision contains a gap or ambiguity, the court shall not interpret that gap or ambiguity as an implicit delegation to the agency of legislative rule making authority and shall not rely on such gap or ambiguity as a justification either for interpreting agency authority expansively or for deferring to the agency's interpretation on the question of law.".

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(A001)

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