WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States of America charges the Congress with all legislative powers; and

 WHEREAS,Members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate have excessively delegated that power to the executive branch with little oversight, review, or meaningful accountability; and

WHEREAS, the results of that delegation is an annual regulatory burden of $1.75 trillion upon American  families and businesses according to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy; and

WHEREAS, Congressman Geoff Davis [KY-04], Senator Rand Paul [R-KY] and many of their colleagues have introduced the REINS Act as H.R. 10 and S. 299 in the U.S. House and Senate respectively; and

WHEREAS,the REINS Act would require that Congress must pass a joint resolution of approval to be signed by the President for each new majorregulation proposed by the executive branch before it may be enforced against the American people; and

WHEREAS, the REINS Act also retains existing law permitting Congress to disapprove non-major regulations (5 USC 801-808) to ensure that Congressional accountability is present for every federal regulation; and

WHEREAS,the REINS Act effectively limits the scope of regulation-making permission granted to the executive branch; and

WHEREAS, the REINS Act’s required accountability will improve the quality of federal regulations by reintroducing the importance of input from elected representatives into the regulation-making process; and

WHEREAS, enactment of the REINS Act would ensure that the greatest regulatory burdens on our economy are both necessary and required by the electorate; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF {insert state}, That we hereby call upon {insert state}’s Delegation to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives to cosponsor and support passage of the REINS Act.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution will be provided to each member of {insert state}’s Congressional Delegation.

Approved by ALEC Board of Directors on July 2012.

Reapproved by ALEC Board of Directors on November 16, 2017.