Last progress July 24, 2025 (4 months ago)
Introduced on July 24, 2025 by James Risch
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
This bill would make certain federal agencies set “expiration dates” on their rules. Most existing rules from these agencies would be changed so they end within one year unless extended. New rules would automatically end within five years, unless they clearly reduce red tape and get an exemption. If a rule’s end date isn’t extended, it stops having any effect, can’t be enforced, and must be removed from the Code of Federal Regulations .
Agencies could extend a rule’s end date in up to five-year chunks, but only after asking the public for comments on the rule’s costs and benefits and deciding an extension is warranted. They can repeat extensions as long as they follow this process. If an update to a rule clearly lowers regulatory burden, the agency may extend the end date without the full comment process. Simply asking for comments does not itself extend a rule. The bill does not create new legal rights to sue the government .