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handle is hein.crs/goveqkk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRA Lookback Period Currently Estimated to Begin in August 1 Time Frame August 21, 2024 The Congressional Review Act (CRA, 5 U.S.C. §801-808) is a tool that Congress can use to overturn recently finalized regulations. Enacted in 1996, the CRA requires that agencies submit covered rules to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) before they may take effect. Congress then has a limited period to use special fast-track parliamentary procedures to consider legislation overturning those rules. The CRA has a feature that is sometimes referred to as its lookback mechanism. This mechanism provides Congress with additional time to use the CRA to review rules that were submitted toward the end of the previous session. This feature is most relevant at the end of a President's Administration, as it may offer a new Congress and new President a brief window where expedited procedures are available to overturn rules issued by the outgoing Administration. CRA Time Periods for Review After a rule is received by Congress and published in the Federal Register, the CRA establishes specific time periods during which Congress can introduce and act on ajoint resolution that, if enacted, would disapprove the rule. The CRA creates: * an introduction period, lasting 60 calendar days (excluding periods when either house has adjourned by concurrent resolution), during which joint resolutions of disapproval can be introduced; * a discharge period, which lasts for 20 calendar days, after which a petition signed by 30 Senators can be filed to discharge a Senate committee of the further consideration of a disapproval resolution; and * a Senate action period, which lasts for 60 days of Senate session, during which a disapproval resolution can be considered in the Senate under fast track procedures that permit a simple majority to call up and reach a final vote on the joint resolution. All three time periods begin upon receipt and publication of the rule and run simultaneously. For rules not submitted to Congress but nevertheless determined by GAO to be covered by the CRA's definition of Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12408 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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