OMB Leveraging the CRA to Add to Its Oversight of Independent Regulatory Agencies

Last week, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum to all agencies regarding compliance with the Congressional Review Act (CRA). This memo supersedes one issued in 1999 and pulls independent regulatory agencies - specifically designed by Congress to be less prone to political interference than executive agencies - into a far more centralized CRA review process.