Until the Trump administration submits Obama-era land use rules to Congress for approval, those regulations aren't actually in effect and can't be enforced to protect a chicken-like bird in 10 Western states, a legal group argues.
The law calls for regulatory agencies to submit every rule to both houses of Congress and the Government Accountability Office before the rules can go into effect.
The rules remain burdensome and problematic because for historic reasons most ranchers depend upon access to public land for a living, and the federal government controls most of the land in Western states, he said.
The agencies' unlawful failure to submit the sage grouse rules has deprived Congress of its best opportunity to review-and strike down-the rule.
Larkin, a senior legal research fellow with The Heritage Foundation who has written extensively on the Congressional Review Act, said he is pleased to see members of Congress reasserting their authority over agencies by sinking rules they view as misguided.
One involves a set of rules the Trump administration would like to see overturned; another involves rules that are viewed as beneficial but are in need of congressional approval.
Wood said the Kansas case demonstrates that the problem of noncompliance with the Congressional Review Act isn't limited to enforcement of controversial rules that Congress likely would strike down if given the opportunity.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/05/30/how-ranchers-conservation-both-hurt-by-failure-to-submit-government-rules-to-congress/
The law calls for regulatory agencies to submit every rule to both houses of Congress and the Government Accountability Office before the rules can go into effect.
The rules remain burdensome and problematic because for historic reasons most ranchers depend upon access to public land for a living, and the federal government controls most of the land in Western states, he said.
The agencies' unlawful failure to submit the sage grouse rules has deprived Congress of its best opportunity to review-and strike down-the rule.
Larkin, a senior legal research fellow with The Heritage Foundation who has written extensively on the Congressional Review Act, said he is pleased to see members of Congress reasserting their authority over agencies by sinking rules they view as misguided.
One involves a set of rules the Trump administration would like to see overturned; another involves rules that are viewed as beneficial but are in need of congressional approval.
Wood said the Kansas case demonstrates that the problem of noncompliance with the Congressional Review Act isn't limited to enforcement of controversial rules that Congress likely would strike down if given the opportunity.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/05/30/how-ranchers-conservation-both-hurt-by-failure-to-submit-government-rules-to-congress/
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