U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM The U.S. Capitol building. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Congress may still be able to give the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Employee Benefits Security Administration and other federal agencies some ability to make decisions that can withstand federal court review.

Benjamin Barczewski, a legislative attorney with the Congressional Research Service, offered ideas for how to give federal agencies the ability to make decisions with teeth in a commentary on the U.S. Supreme Court's new 6-3 ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine, which had been in place since 1984.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.