House to hold first hearing on Chevron ruling fallout

By Emma Dumain | 07/22/2024 06:38 AM EDT

Lawmakers have been scrambling to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision.

Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.).

House Administration Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) will hold a hearing this week on the Chevron ruling's implication's for Congress. Andrew Harnik/AP

Lawmakers this week will continue grappling with how their work could change dramatically in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine.

The House Administration Committee — chaired by Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) — on Tuesday will hold a hearing on “Congress in a Post-Chevron World,” the first such hearing since the June 28 decision was handed down.

It may give lawmakers more clarity about what the decision means for them, even as congressional Republicans have cheered the ruling as ushering in a new era of legislative branch authority at the expense of the “administrative state.”

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The decades-old Chevron doctrine gave agencies deference when interpreting ambiguous laws, and environmental advocates depended on it to gird against legal challenges. Critics of the ruling, primarily Democrats, say the 6-3 decision gives judges more power to overrule agency experts.

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