Regulatory Outlook 2021: Brazilian National Congress’ main Legal Projects
The main federal bills under analysis by the Brazilian National Congress in 2021, covering sector-specific and transversal topics, and their current status², are listed as follows:
Cross-sector Federal Bills (Legal Projects)
| Constitutional Amend. / Federal Bill | Subject | Status in the Brazilian House of Representatives¹ | Status in the Brazilian Senate¹ | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEC n. 186/2019 | Emergency Constitutional Amendment (Covid-19 aid and Fiscal Fix) | Approved | Approved | Converted into EC n. 109/2021 |
| PLP n. 19/2019 | Central Bank Autonomy Law | Approved | Approved | Converted into LCP n. 179/2021 |
| PL n. 7.843/2017 (PL n. 317/2021) | Public Administration Efficiency Law | Approved | Approved | Converted into Law n. 14.129/2021 |
| PL n. 4.253/2020 | New Brazilian Bidding Law | Approved | Approved | Awaiting sanction |
| PLP n. 146/2019 | Legal Framework for Startups | Pending | Approved | |
| PL n. 2.983/2020 | Foreign Acquisition of Rural Land Law | Pending | Approved | |
| PL n. 2.646/2020 | Infrastructure Debentures Law | Pending | – | |
| PEC n. 32/2020 | Public Administration Reform | Pending | – | |
| PLS n. 295/2016 | New Public Financing Law | Pending | – | |
| PL n. 7.063/2017 | Public-Private Partnership General Law | Pending | – | |
| PL n. 5.518/2020 | New Federal Forest Concession Law | Pending | – | |
| PL n. 5.387/2019 | Foreign Exchange Market Modernization | Pending | – | |
| PL n. 3.515/2015 | Consumer Over-Indebtedness Law | Pending | – | |
| PL n. 3.729/2004 / PLS n. 168/2018 | Legal Framework for Environmental Licensing | Pending | Pending | |
| PEC n. 45/2019 / PEC n. 110/2019 | Tax Reform | Pending | Pending | |
| PEC n. 187/2019 | Public Funds Reform | – | Pending | |
| PEC n. 188/2019 | Federative Pact Reform | – | Pending |
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Sector-specific Federal Bills (Legal Projects)
| Category | Federal Bill | Subject | Status in the Brazilian House of Representatives¹ | Status in the Brazilian Senate¹ | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | PL n. 4.199/2020 | Cabotage Navigation Program | Approved | Pending | |
| Infrastructure | PLC n. 8/2013 (PL n. 886/2021) | Highway Free Flow | Pending | Approved | |
| Infrastructure | PLS n. 261/2018 | Legal Framework for Railways | – | Pending | |
| Agribusiness | PL n. 5.191/2020 | Agricultural Investment Fund | Approved | Approved | Converted into Law n. 14.130/2021 |
| Renewable Energy | PLS n. 232/2016 (PL n. 414/2021) | Legal Framework for Electrical Energy | Pending | Approved | |
| Renewable Energy | PL n. 5.877/2019 | Eletrobras Privatization | Pending | – | |
| Automotive | PL n. 6.093/2019 | Single Freight Transportation Document (DT-e) | Pending | – | |
| Oil & Gas | PL n. 4.476/2020 | Legal Framework for Natural Gas | Approved | Approved | Awaiting sanction |
| Oil & Gas | PL n. 3.178/2019 | Pre-salt E&P Concession | – | Pending | |
| Oil & Gas | PL n. 1.538/2019 | Pre-salt Profit Oil Commercialization | – | Pending | |
| Capital Market | PL n. 3.877/2020 | Central Bank Voluntary Reserves | Pending | Approved |
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Notes:
- The status of each Federal Bill (legal project) can be monitored through electronic bulletins (push notifications) from the Brazilian House of Representatives (https://www2.camara.leg.br/transparencia/sispush) and the Brazilian Senate (logged area, “minhas matérias” section).
- The presented status reflects that of March 30, 2021.
