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It’s not normal to write draft legislation. It is normal to have a legislative affairs office that works with Congress on all sorts of things but to propose dra
by sailfast 6y ago
It’s not normal to write draft legislation. It is normal to have a legislative affairs office that works with Congress on all sorts of things but to propose draft legislation is weird. Agencies typically try to avoid doing this as it could adversely impact their funding moving forward. Why fund an agency that already has enough money to fund a lobbying arm? It’s a norm more than a rule but it’s a thing in my experience.
- gwright 6y agoThis report suggests that this sort of thing is not uncommon but that it rarely takes the form of a complete bill, which is closer to your term "draft legislation". Redlining an existing statute with changes is what the DOJ published and is closer to what I was getting at when I said "participate in proposing legislation". https://www.acus.gov/sites/default/files/documents/technical-assistance-draft-report.pdf https://www.acus.gov/sites/default/files/documents/technical...
- sailfast 6y agoThanks that’s a great paper. Much obliged.