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The bill aims to reduce regulatory burdens and increase transparency and accountability for repeals, but it risks delaying or blocking beneficial protections, creating regulatory instability, and imposing administrative and compliance costs on agencies.
State and local governments and small-business owners would face fewer regulatory burdens because agencies must repeal outdated or duplicative rules before issuing certain new rules, potentially lowering compliance costs and easing operations.
Taxpayers and federal employees would get greater accountability because agencies are required to identify, review, and report costly or duplicative rules to Congress and OMB within 90 days, creating a concrete inventory for reform.
Taxpayers would see increased transparency because agencies must publish which rules are repealed in the Federal Register, making repeal decisions public and traceable.
State and local governments, taxpayers, and consumers could face delayed or blocked health, safety, or consumer protections because agencies cannot issue certain new protections without repealing multiple existing rules (the 10-for-1 requirement), and major beneficial rules could be blocked if their projected costs exceed the cost of repealed rules.
Small businesses, state and local governments, and the public could face regulatory instability and increased legal risk because the 10-for-1 mandate may force agencies to remove useful protections to approve unrelated new rules.
Federal employees and taxpayers could see slower, more politicized rulemaking and higher administrative burdens because OMB must measure and certify cost equivalence for complex major rules, a process that is resource-intensive and may become politicized.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced February 25, 2025 by Richard Lynn Scott · Last progress February 25, 2025
Requires federal agencies to repeal multiple existing rules before issuing new ones. Agencies may not promulgate a new rule unless they have repealed at least 10 existing rules related to the proposed rule; for major rules the agency must also show that the new rule’s cost is less than or equal to the cost of the repealed rules, with cost equivalence certified by OMB. Applies only to rules that impose costs or responsibilities on non‑governmental persons or state/local governments, and exempts internal agency policies, procurement, and revisions that reduce burdens; agencies must publish repeals and deliver a review of costly or duplicative rules to Congress and OMB within 90 days, and the President must report on rule counts and reduction progress within five years.