Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates states the purpose of the Act: to increase accountability and transparency in federal regulatory process by requiring congressional votes on major rules, citing Article I of the Constitution as granting all, requires comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 8 (Congressional Review Act): requires agencies to submit rules and supporting data to Congress/GAO, major rules only take effect with joint resolution of approval within 70, and requires section 801 establishes congressional review requirements: agencies must submit rules with supporting documentation, major rules require congressional approval within 70 session days or are deemed disapproved. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, exemptions, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Regulatory Policy and Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
Regulated industries could face fewer barriers, Regulated entities could face reduced risk, and Federal Reserve Board of Governors could face lower compliance burdens.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal regulatory agencies would take on compliance duties, GAO/Comptroller General would take on compliance duties, and Federal agencies promulgating rules would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates states the purpose of the Act: to increase accountability and transparency in federal regulatory process by requiring congressional votes on major rules, citing Article I of the Constitution as granting all...
- Requires comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 8 (Congressional Review Act): requires agencies to submit rules and supporting data to Congress/GAO, major rules only take effect with joint resolution of approval within 70...
- Requires section 801 establishes congressional review requirements: agencies must submit rules with supporting documentation, major rules require congressional approval within 70 session days or are deemed disapproved...
- Requires section 802 establishes expedited congressional procedures for joint resolutions of approval: mandatory introduction by majority leaders within 3 days, automatic committee discharge after 15 days, 2-hour Senate...
- Requires section 803 establishes congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules: joint resolution of disapproval format, committee referral, 30-member discharge petition in Senate, 10-hour debate limit, 60-day...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates states the purpose of the Act: to increase accountability and transparency in federal regulatory process by requiring congressional votes on major rules, citing Article I of the Constitution as granting all, requires comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 8 (Congressional Review Act): requires agencies to submit rules and supporting data to Congress/GAO, major rules only take effect with joint resolution of approval within 70, and requires section 801 establishes congressional review requirements: agencies must submit rules with supporting documentation, major rules require congressional approval within 70 session days or are deemed disapproved.
Key Policy Areas
Regulatory Policy, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
The bill creates states the purpose of the Act: to increase accountability and transparency in federal regulatory process by requiring congressional votes on major rules, citing Article I of the Constitution as granting all, requires comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 8 (Congressional Review Act): requires agencies to submit rules and supporting data to Congress/GAO, major rules only take effect with joint resolution of approval within 70, and requires section 801 establishes congressional review requirements: agencies must submit rules with supporting documentation, major rules require congressional approval within 70 session days or are deemed disapproved.
Policy Domains
Chapter 8 - Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking
Identified Gains
- Regulated industries
- Regulated entities
- Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Federal Open Market Committee
- Regulated entities and persons affected by rules
Identified Costs
- Federal regulatory agencies
- GAO/Comptroller General
- Federal agencies promulgating rules
- Federal agencies with major rules
- Federal agencies with existing major rules
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Paul (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, …
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.
Agencies issuing deregulatory actions, Congress, Congress (approval workload)
Congress faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Agencies issuing deregulatory actions, Congress (oversight), Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Federal courts, Fish and Wildlife agencies
Negative-direction: Congress (approval workload), Congress (disapproval procedures), Congress (extension votes), Congress (procedural requirements), Congress (review of existing rules), Congressional committees, Federal agencies, Federal agencies (classification burden), Federal agencies (guidance publication), Federal agencies issuing guidance, Federal agencies issuing nonmajor rules, Federal agencies promulgating rules, Federal agencies with existing major rules, Federal agencies with major rules, Federal district courts, Federal regulatory agencies, GAO/Comptroller General, OIRA Administrator, OMB Director, OMB Director (website designation)
Industries benefiting from deregulation, Regulated entities, Regulated entities and persons affected by rules
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
- "the_comptroller_general"
- → Comptroller General (GAO)
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Any rule with $100M+ annual economic effect, major increase in costs/prices, or significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or competitiveness. Includes significant guidance documents.
Any rule that is not a major rule
Guidance document that may lead to $100M+ annual effect, create inconsistency with other agency actions, alter budgetary impact of programs, or raise novel legal/policy issues
As defined in section 551, including guidance documents, but excluding rules of particular applicability, agency management/personnel rules, and procedural rules not substantially affecting non-agency parties
Regulatory action likely to have $100M+ annual economic effect, create agency inconsistency, materially alter budgetary impact, or raise novel legal/policy issues
The repeal, replacement, or modification of an existing regulatory action
The difference between estimated cost of issuing a significant regulatory action and estimated cost saved by any deregulatory action
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