Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking : An Update and Assessment After Nullification of OSHA's Ergonomics Standard.

Describes Congressional review of Federal agency rulemaking, as allowed by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, including disapproval of OSHA ergonomics standard in Mar. 2001. Analyzes problems with current law, including lack of expedited consideration procedure in the Ho...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Administrative law. Executive-legislative relations. Administrative agencies. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes Congressional review of Federal agency rulemaking, as allowed by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, including disapproval of OSHA ergonomics standard in Mar. 2001. Analyzes problems with current law, including lack of expedited consideration procedure in the House, lack of a screening mechanism to identify certain rules needing special Congressional attention, and necessity of supermajority for passage of disapproval resolution for certain politically important agency rules.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.