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MAY 31, 2023
RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 118-7
TEXT OF H.R. 288, THE SEPARATION OF POWERS
RESTORATION ACT OF 2023
[Showing the text of H.R. 288, as ordered reported by the
Committee on the Judiciary]
1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
2 This Act may be cited as the Separation of Powers
3 Restoration Act of 2023 or SOPRA.
4 SEC. 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF STATUTORY AND REGU-
5 LATORY INTERPRETATIONS.
6 Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
7 ed-
8 (1) by striking To the extent necessary and
9 inserting (a) To the extent necessary;
10 (2) by striking decide all relevant questions of
11 law, interpret constitutional and statutory provi-
12 sions, and;
13 (3) by inserting after of the terms of an agen-
14 cy action the following and decide de novo all rel-
15 evant questions of law, including the interpretation
16 of constitutional and statutory provisions, and rules
17 made by agencies. Notwithstanding any other provi-
18 sion of law, this subsection shall apply in any action
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