Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. ~Matthew 22:37-40
Congress repeals Obama's regulationsPosted: 2017-05-07 Congress repeals Obama’s regulations
The 1996 Congressional Review Act gave Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump a rare opportunity to repeal the Obama administration’s 11th-hour regulations without facing Democratic filibusters in the Senate — a window that expires Thursday. Here are the 14 regulations that Congress voted to wipe off the books.
Consumer Privacy
Area/Agency Affected | Latest action | Subject | What the regulation did |
Federal Communications Commission |
Trump signed 04/3/2017 |
Broadband privacy |
Limited internet providers' ability to use or sell personal data such as their customers' browsing history |
Education
Area/Agency Affected | Latest action | Subject | What the regulation did |
Education Department |
Trump signed 03/27/2017 |
Accountability and state plans |
Held schools accountable for student performance under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. |
Education Department |
Trump signed 03/27/2017 |
Teacher preparation standards |
Aimed to boost the quality of academic programs that train teachers. Most controversially, would have linked some federal funding for teacher education programs to students' academic performance. |
Energy and environment
Area/Agency Affected | Latest action | Subject | What the regulation did |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
Trump signed 02/14/2017 |
Anti-corruption |
Required energy companies to disclose payments to foreign governments. |
Interior Department |
Trump signed 02/16/2017 |
Stream protection |
Limited coal companies' ability to dispose of their mountain top mining waste in streams. |
Interior Department |
Trump signed 03/27/2017 |
Land use planning |
Replaced a 30-year-old land-use planning process and allowed earlier input from the public in an attempt to reduce litigation. Fossil fuel companies said it would reduce their access to federal lands. |
Interior Department |
Trump signed 04/3/2017 |
Alaska national wildlife refuges |
Barred hunting practices such as baiting and trapping animals like wolves and bears in Alaskan national wildlife refuges. |
Guns
Area/Agency Affected | Latest action | Subject | What the regulation did |
Social Security Administration |
Trump signed 02/28/2017 |
Gun restrictions for the mentally ill |
Blocked gun sales to some mentally ill people. |
Women's health
Area/Agency Affected | Latest action | Subject | What the regulation did |
Department of Health and Human Services |
Trump signed 04/13/2017 |
Planned Parenthood |
Prohibited states from cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood. |
Workers
Area/Agency Affected | Latest action | Subject | What the regulation did |
Defense Department, General Services Administration and NASA |
Trump signed 03/27/2017 |
Fair pay and safe workplaces |
Required companies to disclose previous labor law violations when bidding for large federal contracts. |
Labor Department |
Trump signed 03/31/2017 |
Drug tests for the unemployed |
Limited the scope of drug testing that states could require for people who receive unemployment benefits. |
Labor Department |
Trump signed 04/3/2017 |
OSHA record-keeping |
Gave OSHA the authority to enforce recordkeeping requirements for workplace injuries and illnesses. |
Labor Department |
Trump signed 04/13/2017 |
City, county auto-IRAs |
Encouraged counties and cities to create automatic-enrollment individual retirement accounts for private-sector workers whose employers don't provide pension plans. |
Labor Department |
Senate passed 5/3/2017; awaiting Trump's signature |
States' auto-IRAs |
Granted regulatory relief to states that create auto-IRAs, which automatically enroll private sector workers whose employers don’t offer them pensions. |
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/07/obama-regulations-gop-midnight-rules-238051
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