S. 909 · 116th Congress
Separation of Powers Restoration Act
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This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (i.e., without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 27, 2019
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2019
This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (i.e., without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. Further, this bill prohibits reviewing courts from deferring to an agency's interpretation of a question of law when the authorizing statutory or regulatory provision is silent or ambiguous with respect to an agency's authority.
No law may exempt a civil action from the standard of review required by this bill except by specific reference to such provision.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Separation of Powers Restoration Act
Latest action (Mar 27, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 27, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.