1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Trump Administration Releases Spring 2020 Unified Agenda July 8, 2020 On June 30, 2020, the Trump Administration released the Spring 2020 edition of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (herein
2、after Unified Agenda). The Unified Agenda, which is generally published twice a year, is a government-wide publication of rulemaking actions that agencies expect to take in the coming 12 months. The Unified Agenda lists upcoming regulatory actions (i.e., new proposed and final regulations) and dereg
3、ulatory actions (i.e., reductions in or elimination of current regulations). The Unified Agenda provides Congress and the public transparency into federal agencies upcoming rulemaking activitieswhich can be particularly useful given that most regulatory activities are not made public until they are
4、published in the Federal Register. In addition, the Unified Agenda may be especially informative during presidential election years in the context of the Congressional Review Act (CRA). As discussed briefly below, the CRA contains a “lookback” mechanism that allows a new Congress and administration
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