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H. Rept. 114-184 1 (2015-06-25)

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                    114TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                       1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             114-184







                            SUNSHINE FOR REGULATORY DECREES AND
                                      SETTLEMENTS ACT OF 2015



                     JUNE 25, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                       the Union and ordered to be printed



                           Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
                                          submitted the following


                                             REPORT

                                               together with

                                           DISSENTING VIEWS

                                           [To accompany H.R. 712]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
                    (H.R. 712) to impose certain limitations on consent decrees and set-
                    tlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take
                    regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, and for
                    other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
                    thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.

                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                    Page
                    Purpose and Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  2
                    Background and Need  for the  Legislation  ............................................................  2
                    H earings ...................................................................................................................  8
                    Com m ittee  Consideration  .......................................................................................  8
                    C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  8
                    Com m ittee  Oversight  Findings  ...............................................................................  12
                    New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ......................................................  13
                    Congressional Budget Office  Cost Estimate  ..........................................................  13
                    Duplication  of Federal Program s  ............................................................................  14
                    Disclosure  of Directed  Rule  M akings  .....................................................................  14
                    Perform ance  Goals  and  Objectives  .........................................................................  14
                    A dvisory  on  Earm arks  .............................................................................................  15
                    Section-by-Section  Analysis  ....................................................................................  15
                    D issenting  V iew s  .....................................................................................................  18
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