HR7226-119

What This Bill Does

The Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations Act of 2026 defines artificial intelligence systems, redundant regulations, outdated regulations, agencies, and regulations. Within 90 days after enactment and annually thereafter, the OMB Director, consulting NIST, must implement a process using an AI system to identify redundant or outdated rules in the Code of Federal Regulations. The AI system must meet strict NIST standards for accuracy, transparency, accountability, and national-security risk. At least once each fiscal year, OMB and NIST must review and revise the process as needed. When the system identifies a regulation, the responsible agency must review it and make a final determination within 30 days. If the agency determines the rule is redundant, the agency must rescind or remove it from the CFR within 30 days notwithstanding Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements. If the agency determines the rule is outdated, the agency must amend, rescind, or remove it within 30 days, also notwithstanding APA requirements. Agencies must immediately publish determinations and brief explanations on their websites, with classified annexes to Congress available when needed.

Who Benefits and How

Regulated businesses, compliance officers, small businesses, agency regulatory-review teams, OMB regulatory staff, NIST AI governance experts, and members of the public who use the CFR benefit from a recurring process to identify duplicate, superseded, inapplicable, or unenforceable regulations. Agencies may benefit if obsolete rules can be removed faster than ordinary notice-and-comment procedures allow.

Who Bears the Burden and How

OMB staff, NIST staff, agency rulemaking offices, agency legal staff, public-interest groups, regulated parties that rely on existing rules, and congressional oversight committees face new AI governance, annual review, 30-day determination, publication, classified-annex, and expedited amendment or repeal burdens. Skipping APA procedures for rescission or amendment may reduce public-comment opportunities and increase litigation or oversight risk.

Key Provisions

• Defines artificial intelligence systems, redundant regulations, outdated regulations, agencies, and regulations.
• Requires OMB and NIST to implement an AI process within 90 days to identify redundant or outdated CFR provisions.
• Requires the AI system to meet NIST standards for accuracy, transparency, accountability, and national-security risk.
• Requires annual OMB and NIST review of the process and the underlying AI system.
• Requires agencies to make final determinations within 30 days after receiving an AI-flagged regulation.
• Requires agencies to rescind redundant rules or amend, rescind, or remove outdated rules within 30 days notwithstanding APA requirements.