Post-Chevron Lawmaking Complicated by Money, Staffing Obstacles

Congress may need to bolster its workforce and change the way it writes laws after the Supreme Court limited judicial deference to agency rules, lawmakers heard Tuesday.

Last month’s ruling threw out the decades-old Chevron doctrine, under which courts deferred to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous laws. The change presents challenges and opportunities for Congress, which has often relied on expert agencies to implement policy specifics.

Laws now will likely need to include more policy details, according to a panel of academic and think tank witnesses. Solutions presented at the House Administration Committee hearing included hiring more staffers with policy ...