Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
The bill amends the Administrative Procedure Act to require congressional approval for any rule the Comptroller General determines will impose at least $50 million in annual compliance costs. It expands the definition of rule to include guidance and interpretative rules, requires agencies to submit detailed analyses and GAO findings, and creates expedited House/Senate procedures for approval or disapproval.
Liberals stress regulatory-paralysis and protection rollbacks
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clearly drafted substantive reform of administrative rulemaking authority that contains extensive procedural mechanisms and timelines but limited fiscal and operational scaffolding.
The bill amends the Administrative Procedure Act to require congressional approval for any rule the Comptroller General determines will impose at least $50 million in annual compliance costs.
It expands the definition of rule to include guidance and interpretative rules, requires agencies to submit detailed analyses and GAO findings, and creates expedited House/Senate procedures for approval or disapproval.
The bill also mandates annual multi-year reviews of existing rules, sunsets rules not approved by Congress, limits judicial review of procedural determinations, and exempts Federal Reserve monetary policy.
Substantial structural change to rulemaking is politically and procedurally fraught; likely to pass only with strong majorities and bipartisan compromise, which the text lacks.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clearly drafted substantive reform of administrative rulemaking authority that contains extensive procedural mechanisms and timelines but limited fiscal and operational scaffolding.
Liberals stress regulatory-paralysis and protection rollbacks
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Liberals stress regulatory-paralysis and protection rollbacks
Likely skeptical and generally opposed, viewing the bill as a major shift of regulatory power from agencies to Congress.
Concern centers on politicizing health, safety, environmental, and labor protections and creating regulatory paralysis that harms vulnerable communities.
Mixed view: supports greater transparency and targeted oversight but worries about congressional capacity and unintended paralysis.
Sees practical gains in improved analyses but expects implementation and workload issues requiring compromise.
Generally favorable, viewing the bill as restoring legislative control over economically significant regulations.
Praises inclusion of guidance in the rule definition and new approvals requirement to rein in administrative overreach.
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Substantial structural change to rulemaking is politically and procedurally fraught; likely to pass only with strong majorities and bipartisan compromise, which the text lacks.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals stress regulatory-paralysis and protection rollbacks
Substantial structural change to rulemaking is politically and procedurally fraught; likely to pass only with strong majorities and biparti…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clearly drafted substantive reform of administrative rulemaking authority that contains extensive procedural mechanisms and timelines but limited fiscal and oper…
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