Bill would bar agencies from citing non-dollar factors in rules
In committeeH.R. 572Latest action
Sponsor: Pete Sessions · Representative · TX
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Official title: RED TAPE Act
119th Congress
Topics: Government & democracy
Introduced:
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The RED TAPE Act would ban federal agencies from citing any non-dollar factor to justify regulations, letting courts void rules that do.
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What does this do?
The RED TAPE Act would prohibit federal agencies from considering any regulatory factor that cannot be assigned a dollar value, and would bar OMB from allowing such factors in its oversight. Agencies must publish detailed cost-benefit analyses for every proposed rule, and OMB must issue compliance guidance within 90 days. It also creates a lawsuit provision letting affected parties sue to void rules based on non-monetized factors, applied retroactively to rules issued since November 2023.
Who does it affect?
Federal regulatory agencies such as the EPA, Labor Department, and FDA would be directly restricted. Businesses, advocacy groups, and individuals could use the new lawsuit provision to challenge existing or new rules.
Why does it matter?
Agencies could lose the ability to justify rules based on factors like fairness, environmental justice, or public health risks that are difficult to quantify in dollars. Rules issued since November 2023 could face new legal challenges and potential reversal.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
- House committeeYou are here · Jan 21, 2025
- House vote
- Senate
- The president's desk
Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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.