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S. 164119th CongressIn markupLatest action Aug 6, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The Midnight Rules Relief Act would let Congress reject multiple end-of-term federal regulations with a single vote instead of one at a time.
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This bill, the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025, would let Congress bundle multiple "midnight rules" into one resolution of disapproval, as long as those rules were reported to Congress during the final year of a president's term. Currently, Congress must vote separately on each regulation it wants to overturn; this bill would allow a single vote to reject several at once.
This affects Congress's internal review process and federal agencies whose regulations are issued near the end of a presidential term. It could especially matter to an incoming Congress and president, particularly when control of the White House or Congress changes hands.
By speeding up and simplifying the disapproval process, the bill would make it easier to overturn a wave of late-term regulations at once, potentially affecting environmental, labor, health, or other policies depending on which rules are targeted.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.