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Non-Binding Legal Effect of Agency Guidance Documents
House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs
House Committee on Government Reform
Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs
Abstract
The Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the House Committee on Government Reform investigated the legal protections provided to the public in order to prevent agencies from issuing documents that bind the public without giving them an opportunity to participate in the policy-making process. The Congressional Review Act(CRA) was created to oversee agency legislative rules and guidance documents to improve protections for the public, but it was discovered that the Office of Management and Budget failed to provide sufficient guidance to the Federal agencies for implementation of the CRA. As a result, the Committee found widespread agency confusion about the CRA and improper use of guidance documents as a backdoor way to bypass agency rulemaking requirements.
Date
2000-10-26
Document Type
House Committee Approved Report
Serial Number
106-1009.H
Document Length
633 pages
Congress
106
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Committee Approved Reports
PAP Major Code
20: Government Operations
PAP Minor Code
2002: Government Efficiency, General Regulatory Policy and Bureaucratic Oversight
Related Hearings
House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, hearing on "Non-Codified Documents is the Department of Labor Regulating the Public Through the Backdoor?" 106th Cong., H.Hrg. 106-171, (2000, February 15)