House Rules Chair Seeks To Limit Agency Use Of Guidance Documents

A new bill introduced by House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) aims to prohibit the use of mandatory language in economically significant guidance documents, following complaints from lawmakers in both chambers of Congress that the Obama administration is relying heavily on guidance documents in lieu of formal rules. A congressional aide told Inside Health Policy the bill if passed would help gather information on when agencies are subverting the intent of the Administrative Procedure Act, and called FDA...