Sponsor
Harriet Hageman
Representative · R-WY
Representative · R-WY
The bill increases transparency and gives regulated parties and Congress more time to review and prepare for rules, but does so at the cost of slower implementation of protections, higher administrative and litigation burdens, and greater potential for politicized delay.
Small businesses, state governments, and local governments receive at least six months' notice before new agency rules take effect, giving them more time to comply, budget, and adjust operations.
Taxpayers and regulated parties get earlier public access to proposed rules because agencies must post rules on their websites 24 hours before Federal Register publication and notify the public on the effective date, improving transparency and awareness.
Congress gains up to six months to review rules under the extended review period, increasing legislative oversight and the opportunity to identify and block problematic regulatory actions.
Taxpayers and local governments could experience delayed health, safety, or environmental protections because most rules would not take effect for six months by default, slowing implementation of safeguards.
Federal agencies will face added procedural steps and longer timelines, increasing administrative burden and costs that could slow rulemaking and raise expenses for taxpayers.
Small businesses and state governments risk having necessary regulations stalled or politicized because a longer Congressional Review Act period makes it easier for Congress to block or delay rules via political inaction.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Imposes a six‑month delay and added publication and congressional referral requirements for many federal rules, and expands venue for lawsuits against agencies.
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 6 month delay before a final rule may take effect.
Introduced January 16, 2025 by Harriet Hageman · Last progress January 16, 2025
Delays when many federal rules can take effect by replacing multiple 30- and 60-day timing provisions with a 6-month waiting period, requires agencies to transmit finalized rules to Congress at least six months before the rule’s effective date, and imposes new publication and website-posting timing requirements. It also expands where people can sue federal agencies by allowing suits in the plaintiff’s home district or any district where the agency has an office, and lengthens the congressional review window to six months unless Congress affirmatively approves a rule sooner.