Midnight Rulemaking: Considerations for Congress and a New Administration
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This report provides an overview of midnight rulemaking and discusses actions that recent outgoing and incoming administrations have taken pertaining to midnight rules. It explains how an incoming President could change or eliminate midnight rules, and provides options for congressional oversight of midnight rules.
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Description
This report provides an overview of midnight rulemaking and discusses actions that recent outgoing and incoming administrations have taken pertaining to midnight rules. It explains how an incoming President could change or eliminate midnight rules, and provides options for congressional oversight of midnight rules.
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Copeland, Curtis W.Midnight Rulemaking: Considerations for Congress and a New Administration,
report,
November 18, 2008;
Washington D.C..
(digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc795741/:
accessed April 24, 2018),
University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.