Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines states the purpose of the REINS Act: to increase accountability and transparency in federal rulemaking by requiring Congressional votes on regulations, addressing what the bill characterizes as excessive, amends Chapter 8 of Title 5 USC to require federal agencies to publish supporting data and submit detailed reports to Congress and the Comptroller General before any rule can take effect, including cost-benefit analyses, and establishes detailed requirements for agency rule submissions to Congress: agencies must publish supporting data in Federal Register, submit reports with rule classification, related actions, and economic analyses. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, reporting requirements, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Finance, Agriculture, Energy, and Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
Congress could face reduced risk, Federal Reserve Board of Governors could face lower compliance burdens, and Federal Open Market Committee could face lower compliance burdens.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal regulatory agencies would take on compliance duties, Government Accountability Office would take on compliance duties, and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Defines states the purpose of the REINS Act: to increase accountability and transparency in federal rulemaking by requiring Congressional votes on regulations, addressing what the bill characterizes as excessive...
- Amends Chapter 8 of Title 5 USC to require federal agencies to publish supporting data and submit detailed reports to Congress and the Comptroller General before any rule can take effect, including cost-benefit analyses...
- Establishes detailed requirements for agency rule submissions to Congress: agencies must publish supporting data in Federal Register, submit reports with rule classification, related actions, and economic analyses...
- Creates mandatory Congressional approval procedure for major rules: requires joint resolution of approval before major rules take effect, with expedited floor procedures, strict timelines, and automatic committee...
- Establishes Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules: allows Congress to nullify nonmajor rules through joint resolution within 60 days, with expedited Senate procedures and petition-based committee...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines states the purpose of the REINS Act: to increase accountability and transparency in federal rulemaking by requiring Congressional votes on regulations, addressing what the bill characterizes as excessive, amends Chapter 8 of Title 5 USC to require federal agencies to publish supporting data and submit detailed reports to Congress and the Comptroller General before any rule can take effect, including cost-benefit analyses, and establishes detailed requirements for agency rule submissions to Congress: agencies must publish supporting data in Federal Register, submit reports with rule classification, related actions, and economic analyses.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Agriculture, Energy, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
The bill defines states the purpose of the REINS Act: to increase accountability and transparency in federal rulemaking by requiring Congressional votes on regulations, addressing what the bill characterizes as excessive, amends Chapter 8 of Title 5 USC to require federal agencies to publish supporting data and submit detailed reports to Congress and the Comptroller General before any rule can take effect, including cost-benefit analyses, and establishes detailed requirements for agency rule submissions to Congress: agencies must publish supporting data in Federal Register, submit reports with rule classification, related actions, and economic analyses.
Policy Domains
Chapter 8 - Congressional Review
Identified Gains
- Congress
- Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Federal Open Market Committee
- Fish and wildlife management agencies
- Congress (legislative branch)
Identified Costs
- Federal regulatory agencies
- Government Accountability Office
- Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
- Comptroller General (GAO)
- Environmental advocacy groups
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Cammack (for herself, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, …
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Comptroller General, Congress, Congress (legislative branch)
Positive-direction: Congress, Congress (legislative branch), Federal courts
Negative-direction: Comptroller General, Federal regulatory agencies, Government Accountability Office
Businesses subject to federal regulation, Industries facing rules with 100M+ economic impact, Large corporations in heavily regulated industries
Consumer protection advocates, Environmental advocacy groups, Public interest litigants
Financial markets, Financial services industry
Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_agency"
- → Any federal agency as defined in 5 USC 551(1)
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
- "the_comptroller_general"
- → Comptroller General of the United States (GAO)
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Any agency as that term is defined in section 551(1) of title 5 USC
Any rule, including an interim final rule, that has resulted in or is likely to result in: (A) an annual effect on the economy of \ million or more; (B) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local government agencies, or geographic regions; or (C) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises
Any rule that is not a major rule
As defined in section 551, excluding rules of particular applicability, agency management/personnel rules, and agency organization/procedure rules that do not substantially affect non-agency parties
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