Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025

This legislation would let Congress vote to overturn multiple federal regulations at once, instead of one by one, if those rules were sent to Congress during the final year of a president’s term . Today, the review process generally covers late-term rules in the next Congress, but each vote can target only a single rule; this bill allows bundling several of those rules into one joint resolution so they would have no force or effect if disapproved together .

In everyday terms, it would make it faster and easier for Congress to block a group of last-minute rules from federal agencies. That could change how quickly new rules take hold—or get rolled back—affecting agencies and the people, businesses, and communities that follow those rules .

• Who is affected: Federal agencies issuing late-term rules; people and businesses subject to those rules .
• What changes: Congress could combine several late-term rules in one disapproval vote, rather than voting on each rule separately; combined rules would be canceled if the resolution passes .
• When it applies: For rules submitted during the final year of a president’s term, with the existing review window in the following Congress still in play .