Trump Administration Takes Initial Steps To Implement Repeal Of Energy, Environmental Regulations

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Earlier this year, Freedom Partners, a conservative advocacy group, released A Roadmap to Repeal containing a list of former President Barack Obama's regulations that the group argued should be repealed quickly after the inauguration. The second week of President Donald Trump's administration witnessed the initial attempts to implement this plan.

Use of the Congressional Review Act

• The Congressional Review Act (CRA), a 20-year-old law, only has been used once in the past. However, it appears that Congress under the Trump Administration intends to use it more frequently to undo regulations enacted in the waning days of the Obama Administration. Late last year, Congress considered, but did not pass the Midnight Rules Relief Act (see Holland & Knight alert, "U.S. House to