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…
The bill creates an annual "regulatory budget" administered by the OMB Director and an Associate Administrator for Regulatory Budgeting.
It requires OMB to set a total and per‑agency limit on additional unfunded regulatory costs, establishes reporting, agency notice, and congressional approval procedures for rules that would exceed limits, allows limited exceptions, and provides for judicial review and annual reporting to Congress.
Sweeping, ideologically charged procedural change that likely clears the House but faces strong Senate hurdles and executive pushback.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-structured administrative/operational measure that defines authority, timelines, reporting, and oversight to implement a regulatory-budgeting constraint, but it leaves material methodological and resourcing choices to executive discretion and later guidance.
Progressives emphasize risk to health, environment, civil‑rights rules
Progressives emphasize risk to health, environment, civil‑rights rules
Likely skeptical.
The bill constrains agencies from issuing new rules that impose unfunded costs without congressional sign‑off, which could delay or block health, safety, environmental, or civil‑rights protections.
It centralizes cost limits at OMB and gives Congress a de facto veto over rules exceeding limits.
Cautiously mixed.
The bill advances fiscal discipline and transparency around regulatory costs but adds new processes that may slow rulemaking.
Support likely depends on how limits are set, measured, and whether exceptions and timelines prevent harmful delays.
Generally favorable.
The bill limits unfunded regulatory costs, increases OMB control and congressional review, and prevents unchecked rulemaking that imposes burdens on businesses and households.
It institutionalizes regulatory budgeting and accountability.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Sweeping, ideologically charged procedural change that likely clears the House but faces strong Senate hurdles and executive pushback.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize risk to health, environment, civil‑rights rules
Sweeping, ideologically charged procedural change that likely clears the House but faces strong Senate hurdles and executive pushback.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-structured administrative/operational measure that defines authority, timelines, reporting, and oversight to implement a regulatory-budgeting constraint, bu…
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