Legislation· Jun 2023Sponsored by Scott Fitzgerald (R)
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023
Would have made courts decide federal agency legal interpretations without deferring to the agency.
Tradeoff
Would have required courts to decide legal questions on their own, without deferring to federal agencies. Would have applied to all agency guidance, including policy statements and interpretative rules.
What's in it
The House passed this 220-211 on June 15, 2023. A motion to send the bill back to committee failed 210-220 the same day. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended.
House
Introduced
(Jan 11, 2023)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Jan 11, 2023)
House
The Committee on Judiciary voted to send it to the floor
Reported 15 - 5(May 10, 2023)
Committee report H. Rept. 118-83.
House
On
Failed(Roll #270 · Jun 15, 2023)
210 yeanay 220House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #271 · Jun 15, 2023)
220 yeanay 211Senate
Received from the House
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Jun 20, 2023)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL)
- Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)
- Ken Buck (R-CO)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Dan Bishop (R-NC)
- Ronny Jackson (R-TX)
- Ben Cline (R-VA)
- Mike Johnson (R-LA)
- Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY)
- Josh Brecheen (R-OK)
- Russell Fry (R-SC)
Passage votes· Jun 15, 2023· 118th Congress · 2023–2025