Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each…
The bill requires that most new federal regulations automatically expire five years after their effective date unless Congress reauthorizes them by statute. Agencies may not reissue, enforce, revise, or act on a rule after it sunsets.
Progressives emphasize threats to health, environment, and civil protections.
Substantive, ideologically charged reform likely to draw partisan lines; simpler bill text helps, but major stakeholders oppose.
The bill requires that most new federal regulations automatically expire five years after their effective date unless Congress reauthorizes them by statute.
Agencies may not reissue, enforce, revise, or act on a rule after it sunsets.
Agency heads must submit a reauthorization request to Congress at least one year before sunset with justifications; reports must be published.
Large, controversial delegation shift with high indirect costs and limited compromise features makes enactment unlikely absent dominant congressional alignment.
How solid the drafting looks.
Progressives emphasize threats to health, environment, and civil protections.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize threats to health, environment, and civil protections.
Likely views the bill as a major rollback of administrative authority that threatens public-health, environmental, labor, and civil-rights protections.
Sees transfer of de facto regulatory power to Congress and risk of deregulatory churn.
Would emphasize harms to vulnerable communities and regulatory continuity.
Sees the bill as addressing legitimate accountability concerns but creating significant procedural and governance risks.
Wants clearer reauthorization processes, resources for agencies, and safeguards to avoid regulatory gaps.
Views some exemptions as helpful but process ambiguities worry solvency and costs.
Likely favors the bill as a substantive reassertion of congressional authority over the administrative state and a tool to limit permanent regulation.
Views automatic sunset as a mechanism to control regulatory growth and encourage legislative accountability.
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Large, controversial delegation shift with high indirect costs and limited compromise features makes enactment unlikely absent dominant congressional alignment.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize threats to health, environment, and civil protections.
Large, controversial delegation shift with high indirect costs and limited compromise features makes enactment unlikely absent dominant con…
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