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The bill increases transparency and gives regulated parties and Congress more time to review and prepare for agency rules, but it does so by imposing delays and procedural changes that could slow critical protections, raise government costs, and increase litigation.
Regulated parties (especially small businesses and state/local governments) get a standardized six-month delay before most agency rules take effect, giving them more time to comply and for Congress to review rules.
Agencies must post rules on their websites at least 24 hours before Federal Register publication and notify the public on the effective date, improving public access and transparency.
Plaintiffs (individuals and small entities) can sue in their home district when challenging agency actions, reducing travel burdens and legal costs.
Delaying the default effective date of rules by six months could slow implementation of regulations that protect health, safety, and the environment, leaving communities and taxpayers exposed longer.
Longer delays and added procedural requirements raise administrative burden and costs for federal agencies, potentially slowing rulemaking and increasing taxpayer expenses.
Extending the Congressional Review Act period to six months risks politicizing regulatory approval and enabling congressional inaction or blockage of needed rules without affirmative votes.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Delays most federal rules' effective dates to six months, extends congressional review, expands judicial venue, and adds publication and congressional notice steps.
Introduced January 16, 2025 by Harriet Hageman · Last progress January 16, 2025
Delays most federal regulations so they cannot take effect for six months, requires agencies to give Congress and the public earlier notice of finalized rules, expands where people can sue federal agencies, and lengthens the congressional review window for new rules to six months unless Congress approves the rule sooner. One short section only names the bill; the substantive section changes timing, publication, congressional referral, and venue rules for judicial challenges to agency actions.