Regulation Reduction Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3175 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3175

To require agencies to repeal existing regulations before issuing a new 
                  regulation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2023

Mrs. Bice (for herself, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Self, Mr. Amodei, Mrs. Rodgers 
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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regulation Reduction Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED BEFORE ISSUANCE OF A NEW RULE.

            (1) Requirement for rule.--An agency may not issue a rule 
        unless such agency has repealed two or more rules described in 
        paragraph (4) that, to the extent practicable, are related to 
        the rule.
            (2) Requirement for major rule.--
                    (A) Repeal required.--An agency may not issue a 
                major rule unless--
                            (i) such agency has repealed three or more 
                        rules described in paragraph (4) that, to the 
                        extent practicable, are related to the major 
                        rule; and
                            (ii) the cost of the new major rule is less 
                        than or equal to the cost of the rules 
                        repealed.
                    (B) Certified cost.--For any rule issued in 
                accordance with subparagraph (A), the Administrator of 
                the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the 
                Office of Management and Budget must have certified 
                that the cost of the new major rule is equal to or less 
                than the cost of the rules repealed.
            (3) Publication required.--Any rule repealed under 
        paragraph (1) or (2) shall be published in the Federal 
        Register.
            (4) Applicability.--This section--
                    (A) applies to any rule or major rule that imposes 
                a cost or responsibility on a nongovernmental person or 
                a State or local government; and
                    (B) shall not apply to any rule or major rule--
                            (i) that relates to the internal policy or 
                        practice of an agency or procurement by the 
                        agency; or
                            (ii) that is being revised to be less 
                        burdensome to decrease requirements imposed by 
                        the rule or cost of compliance.
            (5) Review of agency rules.--Not later than 90 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency 
        shall submit to Congress and the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget a report that includes a review of each 
        rule of the agency that identifies whether that rule is costly, 
        ineffective, duplicative, or outdated, including a list of any 
        other unnecessary regulatory restriction of the agency that is 
        costly, ineffective, duplicative, or outdated.
            (6) Definitions.--In this section:
                    (A) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning 
                given that term in section 551 of title 5, United 
                States Code.
                    (B) Major rule.--The term ``major rule'' has the 
                meaning given that term in section 804 of title 5, 
                United States Code.
                    (C) Rule.--The term ``rule'' has the meaning given 
                that term in section 551 of title 5, United States 
                Code.
                    (D) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 
                several States, the District of Columbia, each 
                territory or possession of the United States, and each 
                federally recognized Indian Tribe.
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