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Official title: To establish the Constitutional Government Review Commission, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 7, 2025 by Neal Patrick Dunn · Last progress April 7, 2025
The bill establishes a well‑resourced, transparent Commission to identify and roll back federal programs deemed beyond authority—potentially reducing unnecessary regulation and returning functions to States—but it concentrates appointment and fast‑track power, risks politicized removals, service disruptions, job losses, new legal costs, and shifts fiscal burdens onto taxpayers and state governments.
Members of the public and taxpayers gain far greater transparency and public access because the Commission must hold open meetings and hearings, post submissions/comments/meeting notices/reports online quickly, and operate under FACA public-record rules.
A formal, publicly‑accountable 9‑member Commission is created to centrally review agencies and identify programs that exceed statutory/constitutional authority, enabling potential reduction of unnecessary regulation and transfer of functions back to States.
The Commission is funded and given hiring/staffing flexibilities (including Executive Schedule pay for leaders and temporary non‑competitive appointments), enabling it to recruit experienced leadership and staff quickly to perform its work.
Americans who rely on federal programs risk losing services or protections if the Commission's repeal recommendations are adopted, and federal employees may lose jobs while states and localities could inherit shifted costs and new responsibilities.
Appointment processes, requirements that leaders supply candidate lists, and concentrated fast‑track rules increase the risk that Commission membership and its repeal agenda become politicized, producing partisan or targeted rollbacks rather than neutral legal review.
Fast‑track floor procedures and limits on amendments or extended debate remove opportunities for members of Congress and the public to amend, fully vet, or deliberate Commission texts, raising the risk of rushed or poorly considered lawmaking.
Based on analysis of 11 sections of legislative text.
Creates a commission to review federal agencies for constitutional authority, recommend repeals, fast-track model repeal bills, and authorize up to $30M to operate.
Creates a nine-member Constitutional Government Review Commission to review federal agencies and statutory authorities and recommend repeal of powers the Commission finds are not clearly delegated to the federal government. The Commission must publish methodology and reports, can issue subpoenas and hire staff (with some personnel flexibilities), and may submit model repeal bills that receive expedited floor procedures; up to $30 million is authorized for the Commission's work and the body terminates about five years after enactment or after members’ terms commence as specified.