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H.R. 3438: Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2016

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H.R. 3438: Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2015-08-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-08-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 4 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 532 (2016): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR3438 (2016-09-21), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2016

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 13, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2016 or the REVIEW Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits a final agency rule from being published or taking effect until the agency submits the rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and the OIRA makes a determination as to whether the rule is a high-impact rule. The agency shall publish such determination with the final rule. An agency shall postpone the effective date of a high-impact rule until the final disposition of all actions seeking judicial review of the rule. If no person seeks judicial review of a high-impact rule during any period explicitly provided for such review under the authorizing statute or during the 60-day period after the rule is published if no such period is explicitly provided, the rule may take effect as early as the date the applicable period ends. The bill defines a "high-impact rule" as any rule that the OIRA determines may impose an annual cost on the economy of at least $1 billion.

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Official text

Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] · 32 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3438, REVIEW Act of 2016 (2016-09-12)

Cosponsors on this site

Pete Sessions (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Tom McClintock (R-CA)

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3438 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114