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To promote accountability and transparency in future executive orders.

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What This Bill Does

This bill requires the President to notify Congress and the public before issuing certain executive orders (official presidential directives) related to energy policy. The President must provide advance notice at least 30 days before issuing these orders and submit reports to Congress on the outcomes of these orders every 12 months.

Who It Affects

The President, Congress, the public, Federal agencies and departments, organizations, and businesses that the President consults with regarding energy policy executive orders.

Key Provisions

• The President must send Congress and make publicly available a notification at least 30 days before issuing a qualifying executive order. The notification must include the text of the order, which Federal laws it affects, how the President is staying within Federal law and Constitution requirements, the means of accomplishing the order through Federal agencies or departments, and a comprehensive list of organizations, businesses and other parties the President engaged with before issuing the order. (Sec. 1(a)) • The President must submit a report to Congress within 6 months of this law taking effect, and then every 12 months after that, describing the outcome of each qualifying executive order issued during that time period. (Sec. 1(b))

What Changes

If this becomes law, the President would be required to give Congress and the public advance notice and detailed information about energy policy executive orders before issuing them.

Important Definitions

A "qualifying executive order" is any executive order about U.S. energy policy issued after this law takes effect. This includes orders that revoke or nullify (cancel) previous executive orders. (Sec. 1(c))

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 180 To promote accountability and transparency in future executive orders. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 9, 2023 Mr. MANN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To promote accountability and transparency in future executive orders. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION RESPECTING CERTAIN EXECU- 3 TIVE ORDERS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days before 5 issuing a qualifying executive order, the President shall 6 transmit to the Congress, and make publicly available, a 7 notification with respect to such executive order. Such no- 8 tification shall contain— 9 (1) the text of the executive order; 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Jan 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H180.IH H180 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 180 IH (2) the Federal law or laws affected by the ex- 1 ecutive order that is the subject of the notification; 2 (3) how the President is working within the pa- 3 rameters specified in Federal law and the Constitu- 4 tion; 5 (4) the means by which the executive order will 6 be accomplished, including through any related Fed- 7 eral agencies or departments; and 8 (5) a comprehensive list of organizations, busi- 9 nesses, and other parties or entities the President, 10 or the President’s designee, engaged with prior to 11 the issuance of such executive order. 12 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 6 months after the 13 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 12 months 14 thereafter, the President shall submit to the Congress a 15 report on the outcome of each qualifying executive order 16 issued during the period covered by the report. 17 (c) QUALIFYING EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 18 ‘‘qualifying executive order’’ means any executive order 19 (including an executive order that revokes or nullifies a 20 previous executive order) issued on or after the date of 21 the enactment of this Act, relating to the energy policy 22 of the United States. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Jan 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H180.IH H180 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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