Consensus Emerges On CRA's Effective Date Despite Lingering Confusion

January 13, 2017
Consensus appears to be emerging among sources in Congress and elsewhere that Republicans could use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproval process to try scrapping Obama administration rules issued on or after June 13, 2016, despite some lingering confusion on which EPA rules might be vulnerable under the CRA. The uncertainty over the date has continued despite a Congressional Research Service (CRS) determination in recent weeks that the law could only capture rules finalized on June 13 or later, because...


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