On January 11, 2017, the United States House of Representatives
("House") passed the Regulatory Accountability Act of
2017, which would, among other things, end the Chevron
doctrine of requiring judicial deference toward administrative
agencies with respect to the interpretation of statutes that the
agency is charged with administering.
In the United States Supreme Court's 1984 decision in
Chevron U.S.A. v. NRDC, the Court upheld the Environmental
Protection Agency's interpretation of the Clean Air Act, and
established what is now widely known as the "Chevron
Two-Step" test. Under the doctrine, a reviewing federal court
will first ask if the intent of Congress with respect to the
statute at issue is clear. If it is, then the reviewing court must
give effect to Congress' intent. However, if the reviewing
court determines that Congress has not directly addressed the
precise question at issue, the court must defer to the agency's
interpretation of the statute so long as
