Regulation Reduction Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3175 To require agencies to repeal existing regulations before issuing a new regulation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 10, 2023 Mrs. BICE (for herself, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. SELF, Mr. AMODEI, Mrs. ROD- GERS of Washington, Mr. FRY, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. BUCK, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. MACE, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. LOUDERMILK, and Mrs. CAMMACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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 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 Reduction 4 Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:00 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3175.IH H3175 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3175 IH SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED BEFORE 1 ISSUANCE OF A NEW RULE. 2 (1) REQUIREMENT FOR RULE.—An agency may 3 not issue a rule unless such agency has repealed two 4 or more rules described in paragraph (4) that, to the 5 extent practicable, are related to the rule. 6 (2) REQUIREMENT FOR MAJOR RULE.— 7 (A) REPEAL REQUIRED.—An agency may 8 not issue a major rule unless— 9 (i) such agency has repealed three or 10 more rules described in paragraph (4) 11 that, to the extent practicable, are related 12 to the major rule; and 13 (ii) the cost of the new major rule is 14 less than or equal to the cost of the rules 15 repealed. 16 (B) CERTIFIED COST.—For any rule 17 issued in accordance with subparagraph (A), 18 the Administrator of the Office of Information 19 and Regulatory Affairs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and Budget must have certified that the 21 cost of the new major rule is equal to or less 22 than the cost of the rules repealed. 23 (3) PUBLICATION REQUIRED.—Any rule re- 24 pealed under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be published 25 in the Federal Register. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:00 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3175.IH H3175 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3175 IH (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) REVIEW 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) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:00 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3175.IH H3175 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3175 IH (A) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 1 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 2 5, United States Code. 3 (B) MAJOR RULE.—The term ‘‘major rule’’ 4 has the meaning given that term in section 804 5 of title 5, United States Code. 6 (C) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the 7 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 8 5, United States Code. 9 (D) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means 10 each of the several States, the District of Co- 11 lumbia, each territory or possession of the 12 United States, and each federally recognized In- 13 dian Tribe. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:00 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3175.IH H3175 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS