EXPERTS Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The EXPERTS Act reforms how federal agencies create regulations by requiring greater transparency in the rulemaking process. It establishes a new Office of the Public Advocate within OMB to help ordinary citizens participate in rulemaking and requires agencies to disclose conflicts of interest when industry-funded studies are used to support or oppose regulations.
Who Benefits and How
Consumer advocacy groups and the general public gain a dedicated Office of the Public Advocate to represent their interests in rulemaking. State, local, and Tribal governments retain negotiated rulemaking privileges while private parties lose this special access. Agencies that prefer courts defer to their statutory interpretations benefit from codified Chevron-like deference.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Publicly traded companies face new penalties ($250,000-$1,000,000) for submitting false information during rulemaking. Industry groups and corporations must disclose funding sources and conflicts of interest when submitting research to agencies. Business interests lose access to formal negotiated rulemaking processes that previously gave them structured input into regulations.
Key Provisions
- Creates Office of the Public Advocate in OMB to assist public participation and conduct social equity assessments
- Requires disclosure of conflicts of interest and funding sources for studies submitted during rulemaking
- Limits negotiated rulemaking to Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments only
- Imposes civil penalties on public companies for submitting false information to agencies
- Requires agencies to consider nonquantifiable benefits and social equity impacts in cost-benefit analysis
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reforms federal rulemaking procedures to increase transparency, strengthen public participation, and enhance oversight of regulatory agencies while limiting negotiated rulemaking to government-to-government interactions.
Key Policy Areas
Administrative Law, Regulatory Reform, Government Transparency, Public Participation
Primary Purpose
Reforms federal rulemaking procedures to increase transparency, strengthen public participation, and enhance oversight of regulatory agencies while limiting negotiated rulemaking to government-to-government interactions.
Policy Domains
General Provisions
Identified Gains
- Consumer advocacy groups
- General public
- State, local, and Tribal governments
- Federal regulatory agencies
Identified Costs
- Publicly traded companies
- Industry lobbying groups
- Corporate interests in rulemaking
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Warren (for herself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal regulatory agencies
Federal regulatory agencies faces effects in multiple directions
Civic engagement and advocacy organizations, Community-based organizations, Consumer advocacy organizations
General public, Non-English speaking communities, Underrepresented communities
Corporate lobbying operations, Corporations submitting research to agencies, Industry trade associations
Industry-funded research organizations, Research organizations funded by regulated industries
Regulated industries challenging agency rules, Regulated industries challenging rules in court
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_agency"
- → Any federal agency subject to the Administrative Procedure Act
- "the_office"
- → Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB
- "the_secretary"
- → Varies by context - Secretary of HHS, Education, Interior, etc.
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Has the meaning given in section 551 of title 5, United States Code
Includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, or public or private organizations of any character other than an agency
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget
Any substantive action by an agency that promulgates or is expected to lead to the promulgation of a final rule or regulation
Any regulatory action likely to result in a rule with annual economic effect of $100,000,000 or more, or that adversely affects the economy, creates inconsistency with other agencies, alters budgetary impacts, or raises novel legal issues
Any impact that might disproportionately affect a protected class population based on the rule's language, intention, and credible statistical projections
A written public report considering social equity impacts on populations that were previously subjected to discriminatory practices or where credible evidence shows disparities
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