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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-347
SUNSHINE FOR REGULATIONS AND REGULATORY
DECREES AND SETTLEMENTS ACT OF 2017
OCTOBER 16, 2017.-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. 469]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 469) 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, report favorably there-
on without amendment and recommend 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 ....................................................................................... 9
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 9
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 13
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 13
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 13
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 15
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 15
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 15
A dvisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................. 16
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 16
D issenting V iew s ..................................................................................................... 19
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