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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 710
To require agencies to repeal ten existing regulations before issuing a new
regulation, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY23, 2025
Mr. T
AYLOR(for himself, Mr. HARRISof North Carolina, Mr. RULLI, Mr.
S
TUTZMAN, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. HAMADEHof Arizona, Mr. WIED, and Mr.
G
ILLof Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the
Committee on the Judiciary, 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
A BILL
To require agencies to repeal ten existing regulations before
issuing a new regulation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulation Decimation 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED BEFORE 1
ISSUANCE OF A NEW RULE. 2
(1) R
EQUIREMENT FOR RULE .—An agency may 3
not issue a rule unless such agency has repealed ten 4
or more rules described in paragraph (4) that, to the 5
extent practicable, are related to the rule. 6
(2) R
EQUIREMENT FOR MAJOR RULE .— 7
(A) R
EPEAL REQUIRED.—An agency may 8
not issue a major rule unless— 9
(i) such agency has repealed ten or 10
more rules described in paragraph (4) 11
that, to the extent practicable, are related 12
to the major rule; and 13
(ii) the cost of the new major rule is 14
less than or equal to the cost of the rules 15
repealed. 16
(B) C
ERTIFIED COST.—For any rule 17
issued in accordance with subparagraph (A), 18
the Administrator of the Office of Information 19
and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Manage-20
ment and Budget must have certified that the 21
cost of the new major rule is equal to or less 22
that the cost of the rules repealed. 23
(3) P
UBLICATION REQUIRED .—Any rule re-24
pealed under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be published 25
in the Federal Register. 26
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(4) APPLICABILITY.—This section— 1
(A) applies to any rule or major rule that 2
imposes a cost or responsibility on a nongovern-3
mental person or a State or local government; 4
and 5
(B) shall not apply to any rule or major 6
rule— 7
(i) that relates to the internal policy 8
or practice of an agency or procurement by 9
the agency; or 10
(ii) that is being revised to be less 11
burdensome to decrease requirements im-12
posed by the rule or cost of compliance. 13
(5) R
EVIEW OF AGENCY RULES .—Not later 14
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 15
Act, the head of each agency shall submit to Con-16
gress and the Director of the Office of Management 17
and Budget a report that includes a review of each 18
rule of the agency that identifies whether that rule 19
is costly, ineffective, duplicative, or outdated, includ-20
ing a list of any other unnecessary regulatory re-21
striction of the agency that is costly, ineffective, du-22
plicative, or outdated. 23
(6) R
EPORT ON RULES .—Not later than 5 24
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25
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President shall submit to Congress a report on the 1
number of rules in effect and the status of the re-2
duction of rules over the previous 5 years. 3
(7) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
(A) A
GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 5
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 6
5, United States Code. 7
(B) M
AJOR RULE.—The term ‘‘major rule’’ 8
has the meaning given that term in section 804 9
of title 5, United States Code. 10
(C) R
ULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the 11
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 12
5, United States Code. 13
(D) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means 14
each of the several States, the District of Co-15
lumbia, each territory or possession of the 16
United States, and each federally recognized In-17
dian Tribe. 18
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