Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish · ¶73

And indeed, the legislative history here confirms that Congress did no such thing. It makes crystal clear that the Removal Clarification Act was “not changing the underlying removal law,” but was instead simply clarifying that § 1442 would apply “anytime a legal demand is made on a Federal officer for any act done under their official capacity.” House Hearings, at 2; see id., at 13 (testimony of the House General Counsel that the bill “does not alter the standard for general removal for Federal officer removal under [§ ]1442”); id., at 17 (“[U]nder the terms of the bill . . . , each of the currently existing requirements of the federal officer removal statute still must be met for removal to be permitted”); 157 Cong. Rec. 2792 (2011) (statement of Rep. Jackson Lee that the bill “does not make any changes to the underlying removal law”). Moreover, the history establishes that Congress…

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