On Jan. 9, 2020, the Trump administration’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed rules that would update comprehensively the regulations promulgated under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the first time in 40 years. After 40 years there is little question that the regulations could use updating and that environmental reviews can be streamlined.
This week Congress finished its work for the year by passing a two-bill package that will avoid a government shutdown and extend several expiring tax provisions. President Trump signed each of the bills today. The following outlines provisions of the FY2020 spending deal that go beyond traditional appropriations.
Want to know what is hot in regulations for the end of this year and into next year? Then the bi-annual Unified Agenda is for you. The Unified Agenda was created to require federal agencies to transparently disclose twice a year to the public what rules and regulations they are pursuing.
A team of General
Congress is in the midst of a busy fall dominated by budgetary deadlines and several expiring programs. President Trump recently signed the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019,” which in effect avoids a government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2019.
Programs given short-term extensions. The federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 30,
President Trump today signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (“BBA-19”), which will (1) avoid bumping up against the federal debt ceiling in early September and (2) reduce the prospect of a federal government shutdown just a few weeks later. But there is still work to do.
Debt Limit. BBA-19 suspends the federal debt ceiling
J. Randy Forbes and Albert Wynn of Greenberg Traurig’s Government Law & Policy Practice authored an opinion piece for The Hill titled “If You Find Yourself in a Ditch … Fix the Budget.” The article addresses the current federal budget process and how to potentially improve it. To read the article, click here.