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The bill increases transparency and predictability of federal rulemaking by requiring regular publication of rule information and historic analyses, but it imposes recurring administrative burdens and compliance risks—especially for smaller agencies—which could divert resources and raise litigation exposure.
Taxpayers, state governments, researchers, and businesses will gain regular monthly access to proposed and final federal regulations and related metadata, improving transparency and public visibility into regulatory activity.
Researchers, businesses, and taxpayers will have access to OIRA's 10-year archive of cost/benefit analyses, enabling better historical analysis of regulatory impacts and more informed economic and compliance planning.
Federal employees, state governments, and stakeholders will benefit from standardized publication deadlines (30 days, 60 days, 8 months), creating more predictable timelines for reviewing regulatory activity.
Smaller federal agencies and those with limited resources will struggle to meet the new 30-day and 8-month deadlines, risking noncompliance or diverting limited funds and staff away from program delivery.
Federal agencies will incur added administrative costs as staff time and resources are devoted to monthly reporting and preparing archival cost/benefit analyses, potentially increasing burdens on taxpayers and agency budgets.
Publishing internal cost/benefit analyses could expose deliberative material and invite more legal challenges or scrutiny of past analyses, increasing litigation risk and complicating regulatory decision-making.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires OIRA and federal agencies to publish monthly regulatory reports and a cumulative cost–benefit assessment, with set initial and recurring deadlines.
Introduced April 17, 2025 by Gary James Palmer · Last progress April 17, 2025
Creates a new Title 5 chapter that requires OIRA and federal agencies to publish routine regulatory information and cumulative cost–benefit assessments on set schedules. Agencies must begin monthly submissions within 30 days of enactment; a cumulative assessment regime takes effect 60 days after enactment with the first cumulative publication due on the first October 1 after that date and covering the prior 10 years; an agency-specific monthly publication requirement begins eight months after enactment.