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 Regulation Decimation Act requires federal agencies to repeal ten existing regulations, where practicable related, before issuing a new rule. For major rules agencies must also ensure the new rule's cost is less than or equal to the cost of the repealed rules and obtain OIRA cost certification.
Left views bill as threat to protective regulations; right sees deregulatory win
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill creates clear high‑level procedural constraints on federal agency rulemaking and establishes reporting obligations, but it leaves many operational specifics undefined.
The Regulation Decimation Act requires federal agencies to repeal ten existing regulations, where practicable related, before issuing a new rule.
For major rules agencies must also ensure the new rule's cost is less than or equal to the cost of the repealed rules and obtain OIRA cost certification.
Agencies must publish repeals, complete a 90-day review identifying costly or duplicative rules, and the President must report after five years on rule counts and reductions.
Major across-the-board regulatory limits are politically and procedurally difficult to enact; likely to attract opposition and complex implementation issues.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill creates clear high‑level procedural constraints on federal agency rulemaking and establishes reporting obligations, but it leaves many operational specifics undefined. It names implementing actors and includes some integration with existing statutory definitions, yet it omits detailed procedures for selecting and evaluating rules for repeal, cost‑calculation methodology (beyond OIRA certification for major rules), emergency or transition rules, funding for agency compliance, and enforcement mechanisms.
Left views bill as threat to protective regulations; right sees deregulatory win
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Left views bill as threat to protective regulations; right sees deregulatory win
This persona would likely view the bill as a significant constraint on agencies' ability to issue public-health, environmental, labor, and consumer protections.
They would be concerned the ten-for-one repeal requirement and cost test for major rules creates a structural barrier to new safeguards.
They would note the bill could be used to force rollbacks of existing protections under the guise of 'repeal before rule.'
A centrist view would see both merit and risk: pruning unnecessary regulations and increasing agency accountability are attractive, but the ten-for-one and cost-equality rules may be administratively impractical and hamper necessary regulation.
They would worry about measurement problems, gaming of repeal choices, and unintended delays for important rules.
They would favor targeted fixes or waivers rather than wholesale adoption as written.
This persona would likely view the bill favorably as a strong tool to curb regulatory accumulation and reduce burdens on businesses and individuals.
They would highlight the ten-to-one repeal rule and OIRA cost certification as mechanisms to force agencies to prioritize deregulatory action.
Concerns would be secondary, focused on implementation details.
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Major across-the-board regulatory limits are politically and procedurally difficult to enact; likely to attract opposition and complex implementation issues.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Left views bill as threat to protective regulations; right sees deregulatory win
Major across-the-board regulatory limits are politically and procedurally difficult to enact; likely to attract opposition and complex impl…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill creates clear high‑level procedural constraints on federal agency rulemaking and establishes reporting obligations, but it leaves many operational specifics undefined…
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