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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 7592 (Introduced in House) — To require certain agencies to impose extendable sunset dates on certain regulations, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions; statutory identification

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In this Act: The term covered agency means each of the following: The Department of Energy. Each of the following offices within the Department of the Interior: The Bureau of Land Management. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The term covered regulation means— with respect to the Department of Energy, any regulation promulgated by the Department of Energy under or pursuant to— the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ); the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17001 et seq. ); the Energy Policy Act of 1992 ( 42 U.S.C. 13201 et seq. ); the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 et seq. ); or part B of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6291 et seq. ); with respect to the Bureau of Land Management, any regulation promulgated by the Bureau of Land Management under or pursuant to— the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 et seq. ); the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ); or sections 2319 through 2344 of the Revised Statutes (commonly known as the Mining Law of 1872 ) ( 30 U.S.C. 22 et seq. ); with respect to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, any regulation promulgated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management under or pursuant to— the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 et seq. ); or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ); with respect to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, any regulation promulgated by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement under or pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ); with respect to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, any regulation promulgated by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under or pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. ); and with respect to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, any regulation promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under or pursuant to— the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq. ); the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717 et seq. ); or the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq. ).
The term regulation means each part, subpart, or individual provision of a rule (as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code) promulgated by a covered agency.
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