Use of the Congressional Review Act in the New Congress

When
February 16, 2017 11:30 am — 1:00 pm
Where
Washington, DC (and webcast)

This program was sponsored by the Air Quality Committee of the D.C. Bar Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section and cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute and ABA SEER


Our experts discussed how they expect the Congressional Review Act to be used in the new congress. Panelists offered presentations and answered questions about how this little-used high-profile statute might be invoked to rollback recent regulations including possible amendments to the Act that could streamline its use, and regulations that might be subject to the Act.

Speakers:
Holly Fechner, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP (moderator)
Sam Batkins, Director of Regulatory Policy, American Action Forum
Jeff Lubbers, Professor of Practice in Administrative Law, American University
Amit Narang, Regulatory Policy Advocate, Public Citizen