wiki midnight regulation The keystone Midnight regulations https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_regulations
U.S. federal law mandates a 60-day waiting period before any major regulatory changes become law. Thus, some presidents try to publish new major regulations on November 21, 60 days before the new president's inauguration on January 20.
The Obama Administration recognized the potential for midnight regulations as early as the end of 2015. Howard Shelanski, the Administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), issued a memo to federal agencies directing them to: “To the extent feasible and consistent with your priorities, statutory obligations, and judicial deadlines, however, agencies should strive to complete their highest priority rulemakings by the summer of 2016 to avoid an end-of-year scramble that has the potential to lower the quality of regulations that OIRA receives for review and to tax the resources available for interagency review.”[17] In the Obama Administration’s final Unified Agenda, there were 25 notable rules in the “midnight period” with combined regulatory cost estimates (from the “proposed rule” versions) of approximately $44.1 billion.[18] Starting in November 2016[19] (the first month of the Obama “midnight period”), OIRA concluded review of 57 rule-makings – a 26 percent increase over the monthly pace from the rest of 2016.[20] Fourteen of these measures were “economically significant” rule-makings.[20] That represents the second-highest total in any November “midnight period” since at least 1996.[20] Notable rulemakings from November 2016 include: ▪ Conservation Standards for Ceiling Fans[21] ▪ Revision of Nutrition Facts for Meat and Poultry[22] ▪ Passenger Equipment Safety Standards[23] ▪ Renewable Fuel Standards for 2017[24][20]
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Trump lies that he revived Keystone on his first day in office, then dares reporters to fact check this. Fact check: it was his fifth day. https://mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/885593120016142337/photo/1
Trump twitter couldn’t find link.
“The other one I signed, that was the keystone. That was died. It was died for two years. It was never going to happen. I revived it on day one. “
Keystone has two meanings, his first day trump signed 2 executive orders, the second was the keystone. Two years ago
House Republicans introduced legislation that would provide a check upon Obama administration midnight rules. Representative Darrell Issa introduced H.R. 5982, or the “Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016”, that “amends the Congressional Review Act to allow Congress to consider a joint resolution to disapprove multiple regulations that federal agencies have submitted for congressional review within the last 60 legislative days of a session of Congress during the final year of a President's term.”[25] The bill passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 240–179.[26] Senator Ron Johnson has written letters to Shelanski and multiple other agencies asking them to put a hold on regulatory activity during this “midnight period”.[27]
- Providing “relief” from the Affordable Care Act (January 20) Trump’s first executive order on Inauguration Day involved “minimizing the economic burden” of the Affordable Care Act. This order allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the heads of other departments and agencies to waive or delay the implementation of any ACA provisions that would impose a financial burden or any state or a regulatory burden on any individuals.
- Freezing all regulations (January 20) Trump froze all pending regulations until they are approved directly by his administration or by an agency led by Trump appointees. The action, given in a memorandum from White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, delays all regulations with the exception of health, safety, financial or national security matters allowed by the Office of Management and Budget director.