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This bill aims to modify how Congress can review and potentially overturn "midnight rules" - regulations issued by an outgoing presidential administration during its final year in office. Specifically, the bill allows Congress to group multiple midnight rules together in a single resolution of disapproval, making it easier to challenge a batch of late-term regulations at once. The legislation amends existing law (Chapter 8 of Title 5, United States Code) to enable joint resolutions that can simultaneously nullify multiple rules submitted during the last year of a presidential term. The resolution's text would require specific details about each rule being challenged, including the agency that submitted the rule and its subject matter. By facilitating en bloc (collective) consideration of midnight rules, the bill makes it more streamlined for Congress to review and potentially invalidate regulations that might be hastily implemented as a presidential administration is transitioning out of office, thereby providing additional congressional oversight of regulatory actions during a potentially chaotic period of government transition.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/164/all-info