Agency Accountability and Cost Transparency Act of 2025

Requires federal agencies to make new major regulations “budget neutral.” Before issuing a major rule, the agency head must estimate the rule’s cost, identify existing rules to repeal to offset that cost, and repeal those rules.

Each major rule must state in the Federal Register whether it is budget neutral. The measure defines what counts as a “major rule,” how to calculate the “cost of the rule,” what “budget neutral” means, and what qualifies as a “rule.”