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4	4	STSESSION S. 712
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY25, 2025
9	9	Mr. S
10	10	COTTof Florida (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr. JOHNSON) intro-
11	11	duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
12	12	mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To require agencies to repeal ten existing regulations before
15	15	issuing a new regulation, and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulation Decimation 4
20	20	Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED BEFORE 6
22	22	ISSUANCE OF A NEW RULE. 7
23	23	(a) D
24	24	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
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28	28	(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 1
29	29	meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 2
30	30	United States Code. 3
31	31	(2) M
32	32	AJOR RULE.—The term ‘‘major rule’’ has 4
33	33	the meaning given that term in section 804 of title 5
34	34	5, United States Code. 6
35	35	(3) R
36	36	ULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning 7
37	37	given that term in section 551 of title 5, United 8
38	38	States Code. 9
39	39	(4) S
40	40	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 10
41	41	the several States, the District of Columbia, each 11
42	42	territory or possession of the United States, and 12
43	43	each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 13
44	44	(b) R
45	45	EQUIREMENT FOR RULE.—An agency may not 14
46	46	issue a rule unless such agency has repealed 10 or more 15
47	47	rules described in subsection (e) that, to the extent prac-16
48	48	ticable, are related to the rule. 17
49	49	(c) R
50	50	EQUIREMENT FOR MAJORRULE.— 18
51	51	(1) R
52	52	EPEAL REQUIRED.—An agency may not 19
53	53	issue a major rule unless— 20
54	54	(A) such agency has repealed 10 or more 21
55	55	rules described in subsection (e) that, to the ex-22
56	56	tent practicable, are related to the major rule; 23
57	57	and 24
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61	61	(B) the cost of the new major rule is less 1
62	62	than or equal to the cost of the rules repealed. 2
63	63	(2) C
64	64	ERTIFIED COST.—For any rule issued in 3
65	65	accordance with paragraph (1), the Administrator of 4
66	66	the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of 5
67	67	the Office of Management and Budget must have 6
68	68	certified that the cost of the new major rule is equal 7
69	69	to or less than the cost of the rules repealed. 8
70	70	(d) P
71	71	UBLICATIONREQUIRED.—Any rule repealed 9
72	72	under subsection (b) or (c) shall be published in the Fed-10
73	73	eral Register. 11
74	74	(e) A
75	75	PPLICABILITY.—This section— 12
76	76	(1) applies to any rule or major rule that im-13
77	77	poses a cost or responsibility on a nongovernmental 14
78	78	person or a State or local government; and 15
79	79	(2) shall not apply to any rule or major rule— 16
80	80	(A) that relates to the internal policy or 17
81	81	practice of an agency or procurement by the 18
82	82	agency; or 19
83	83	(B) that is being revised to be less burden-20
84	84	some to decrease requirements imposed by the 21
85	85	rule or cost of compliance. 22
86	86	(f) R
87	87	EVIEW OFAGENCYRULES.—Not later than 90 23
88	88	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head 24
89	89	of each agency shall submit to Congress and the Director 25
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93	93	of the Office of Management and Budget a report that 1
94	94	includes a review of each rule of the agency that identifies 2
95	95	whether that rule is costly, ineffective, duplicative, or out-3
96	96	dated, including a list of any other unnecessary regulatory 4
97	97	restriction of the agency that is costly, ineffective, duplica-5
98	98	tive, or outdated. 6
99	99	(g) R
100	100	EPORT ONRULES.—Not later than 5 years after 7
101	101	the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-8
102	102	mit to Congress a report on the number of rules in effect 9
103	103	and the status of the reduction of rules over the previous 10
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