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Modifies requirements for periodic review of agency rules: replaces the prior plan-and-deadline language with a direct periodic review requirement, establishes specific 10-year review windows tied to the date of enactment of the RESTART SUNSET Act of 2025 and to publication of final rules, and requires an annual Federal Register publication for rules determined not to have significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Adds a new paragraph (5) to require that if a court finds an agency failed to comply with section 610 with respect to a rule, the court shall enter an order prohibiting enforcement of that rule; redesignates former paragraph (5) as (6).
This bill would make federal agencies regularly check their rules to see if they still make sense. It sets a clear timeline: agencies must review all existing rules within 10 years after the law takes effect, and any new rule within 10 years after it’s finalized. It also requires agencies to publish each year a list of rules that they believe do not significantly affect a large number of small businesses, along with why they think so. If an agency fails to follow these review rules, a court must block enforcement of the affected rule until the agency complies.
Key points
In short, the bill aims to keep regulations up to date and make agencies show their work, especially around impacts on small businesses.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced July 25, 2025 by David Schweikert · Last progress July 25, 2025
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House