Write the Laws Act

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The Write the Laws Act was a bill drafted by DownsizeDC.org, a non-profit organization focused on decreasing the size of the federal government of the United States. The purpose of the Act was to force Congress to write every law, regulation, or rule that ordinary citizens must obey under penalty of law. The Act was drafted in response to the perceived abandonment of the Separation of Powers doctrine of the Constitution.

The Act would have stripped administrative agencies in the Executive Branch of the United States government the power to write the regulations they enforce. It would have prohibited the United States Congress from delegating legislative authority to any other branch or agency, and also prohibits Congress from delegating judicial authority to any agency or court other than those courts created under Article III of the Constitution. The Act would have instructed the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress the extent of regulatory and judicial powers within administrative agencies, with the aim of phasing them out.

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