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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1110
To require the use of artificial intelligence to review agency regulations,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH25, 2025
Mr. H
USTED(for himself, Ms. ERNST, and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To require the use of artificial intelligence to review agency
regulations, 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 ‘‘Leveraging Artificial 4
Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations 5
Act of 2025’’. 6
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7
In this Act: 8
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(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 1
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 2
United States Code. 3
(2) A
RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM .—The 4
term ‘‘artificial intelligence system’’ means a ma-5
chine-based system that, for an explicit or implicit 6
objective, infers how to generate outputs, such as 7
predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions 8
that can influence physical or virtual environments, 9
from the input the system receives. 10
(3) R
EDUNDANT.—The term ‘‘redundant’’ 11
means a regulation that duplicates, overlaps with, or 12
serves the same purpose as another regulation, such 13
that the elimination of the regulation would not re-14
sult in a loss of essential information or regulatory 15
function. 16
(4) R
EGULATION.—The term ‘‘regulation’’ has 17
the meaning given the term ‘‘rule’’ in section 551 of 18
title 5, United States Code. 19
(5) O
UTDATED.—The term ‘‘outdated’’ means a 20
regulation that has been superseded by more recent 21
legislation, technological advances, or regulatory de-22
velopments, rendering the regulation inapplicable or 23
unenforceable. 24
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SEC. 3. ANNUAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW OF 1
THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 3
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 4
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 5
consultation with the National Institute of Standards and 6
Technology, shall implement a process for identifying re-7
dundant or outdated regulations in the Code of Federal 8
Regulations using an artificial intelligence system. 9
(b) A
RTIFICIALINTELLIGENCESYSTEM.—The proc-10
ess established under subsection (a) shall employ an artifi-11
cial intelligence system that meets strict standards, as set 12
out by the National Institute of Standards and Tech-13
nology, for accuracy, transparency, accountability, and na-14
tional security risk. 15
(c) R
EVIEW OFPROCESS ANDARTIFICIALINTEL-16
LIGENCESYSTEM.—Not less frequently than once per fis-17
cal year, the Director of the Office of Management and 18
Budget, in coordination with the head of the National In-19
stitute of Standards and Technology, shall review and, as 20
appropriate, revise the process established under sub-21
section (a) to ensure that— 22
(1) the process is functioning properly and effi-23
ciently; and 24
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(2) the underlying artificial intelligence system 1
involved in such process still meets the criteria 2
under subsection (b). 3
(d) R
EVIEW OFREGULATIONS.— 4
(1) R
EFERRAL AND REVIEW .—A regulation 5
that is identified as redundant or outdated using the 6
process established under subsection (a) shall be im-7
mediately referred to the agency responsible for pro-8
mulgating the regulation for review by that agency. 9
(2) D
ETERMINATION.— 10
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 11
after a regulation is referred to an agency 12
under paragraph (1), personnel at that agency 13
shall make a determination as to whether the 14
regulation is outdated or redundant. 15
(B) F
INALITY OF DETERMINATION .—Any 16
determination made under subparagraph (A) 17
shall be final. 18
(e) R
ESCISSION OFREGULATIONS.—Not later than 19
30 days after the date on which a regulation has been 20
determined to be redundant under subsection (d), the 21
agency that promulgated the regulation shall rescind or 22
remove such regulation from the Code of Federal Regula-23
tions, notwithstanding the requirements under subchapter 24
II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code. 25
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(f) AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1
30 days after the date on which a regulation has been 2
determined to be outdated under subsection (d), the agen-3
cy that promulgated the regulation shall— 4
(1) amend the regulation, notwithstanding the 5
requirements under subchapter II of chapter 5 of 6
title 5, United States Code, for the purposes of 7
bringing the outdated substance up to date; or 8
(2) rescind or remove such regulation from the 9
Code of Federal Regulations, notwithstanding the 10
requirements under subchapter II of chapter 5 of 11
title 5, United States Code. 12
(g) W
RITTENDETERMINATION.— 13
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Any determination made 14
under subsection (d) shall be immediately published 15
on the website of the relevant agency, including a 16
brief written explanation of the determination, which 17
shall be made publicly available. 18
(2) C
LASSIFIED ANNEX.—The head of the 19
agency may, as necessary, submit a classified annex 20
to Congress to supplement the explanation published 21
under subsection (g). 22
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SEC. 4. EXPEDITED RESCISSION AND AMENDMENT OF RE-1
DUNDANT AND OUTDATED REGULATIONS. 2
Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 3
amended in the flush text at the end— 4
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 5
the end; 6
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 7
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 8
(3) by adding at the end the following: 9
‘‘(C) a regulation determined to be redundant 10
or outdated as part of the annual review of the Code 11
of Federal Regulations under the Leveraging Artifi-12
cial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal 13
Regulations Act of 2025.’’. 14
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