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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 710
5	5	To require agencies to repeal ten existing regulations before issuing a new
6	6	regulation, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY23, 2025
9	9	Mr. T
10	10	AYLOR(for himself, Mr. HARRISof North Carolina, Mr. RULLI, Mr.
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12	12	TUTZMAN, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. HAMADEHof Arizona, Mr. WIED, and Mr.
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14	14	ILLof Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
15	15	Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the
16	16	Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined
17	17	by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
18	18	within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
19	19	A BILL
20	20	To require agencies to repeal ten existing regulations before
21	21	issuing a new regulation, and for other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
25	25	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulation Decimation 4
26	26	Act’’. 5
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30	30	SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED BEFORE 1
31	31	ISSUANCE OF A NEW RULE. 2
32	32	(1) R
33	33	EQUIREMENT FOR RULE .—An agency may 3
34	34	not issue a rule unless such agency has repealed ten 4
35	35	or more rules described in paragraph (4) that, to the 5
36	36	extent practicable, are related to the rule. 6
37	37	(2) R
38	38	EQUIREMENT FOR MAJOR RULE .— 7
39	39	(A) R
40	40	EPEAL REQUIRED.—An agency may 8
41	41	not issue a major rule unless— 9
42	42	(i) such agency has repealed ten or 10
43	43	more rules described in paragraph (4) 11
44	44	that, to the extent practicable, are related 12
45	45	to the major rule; and 13
46	46	(ii) the cost of the new major rule is 14
47	47	less than or equal to the cost of the rules 15
48	48	repealed. 16
49	49	(B) C
50	50	ERTIFIED COST.—For any rule 17
51	51	issued in accordance with subparagraph (A), 18
52	52	the Administrator of the Office of Information 19
53	53	and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Manage-20
54	54	ment and Budget must have certified that the 21
55	55	cost of the new major rule is equal to or less 22
56	56	that the cost of the rules repealed. 23
57	57	(3) P
58	58	UBLICATION REQUIRED .—Any rule re-24
59	59	pealed under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be published 25
60	60	in the Federal Register. 26
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64	64	(4) APPLICABILITY.—This section— 1
65	65	(A) applies to any rule or major rule that 2
66	66	imposes a cost or responsibility on a nongovern-3
67	67	mental person or a State or local government; 4
68	68	and 5
69	69	(B) shall not apply to any rule or major 6
70	70	rule— 7
71	71	(i) that relates to the internal policy 8
72	72	or practice of an agency or procurement by 9
73	73	the agency; or 10
74	74	(ii) that is being revised to be less 11
75	75	burdensome to decrease requirements im-12
76	76	posed by the rule or cost of compliance. 13
77	77	(5) R
78	78	EVIEW OF AGENCY RULES .—Not later 14
79	79	than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 15
80	80	Act, the head of each agency shall submit to Con-16
81	81	gress and the Director of the Office of Management 17
82	82	and Budget a report that includes a review of each 18
83	83	rule of the agency that identifies whether that rule 19
84	84	is costly, ineffective, duplicative, or outdated, includ-20
85	85	ing a list of any other unnecessary regulatory re-21
86	86	striction of the agency that is costly, ineffective, du-22
87	87	plicative, or outdated. 23
88	88	(6) R
89	89	EPORT ON RULES .—Not later than 5 24
90	90	years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25
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94	94	President shall submit to Congress a report on the 1
95	95	number of rules in effect and the status of the re-2
96	96	duction of rules over the previous 5 years. 3
97	97	(7) D
98	98	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
99	99	(A) A
100	100	GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 5
101	101	meaning given that term in section 551 of title 6
102	102	5, United States Code. 7
103	103	(B) M
104	104	AJOR RULE.—The term ‘‘major rule’’ 8
105	105	has the meaning given that term in section 804 9
106	106	of title 5, United States Code. 10
107	107	(C) R
108	108	ULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the 11
109	109	meaning given that term in section 551 of title 12
110	110	5, United States Code. 13
111	111	(D) S
112	112	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means 14
113	113	each of the several States, the District of Co-15
114	114	lumbia, each territory or possession of the 16
115	115	United States, and each federally recognized In-17
116	116	dian Tribe. 18
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