Unlocking Prosperity? Nah, Just Agenda Intro Bureaucracy
Published Date: 8/14/2026
Notice
Summary
Publication of the 2026 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order ("E.O.") 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review," (58 FR 51735, as amended) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," (76 FR 3821) and E.O. 14192, "Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation." The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete publication of the 2026 Unified Agenda contains 78 Federal agency regulatory agendas available to the public at www.reginfo.gov. The 2026 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Administration Projects $1.5T Savings
The Regulatory Plan states the Trump Administration reported $211.8 billion in regulatory cost savings for Fiscal Year 2025 and projects $1.5 trillion in cost savings for Americans in Fiscal Year 2026. These figures are presented as the expected total economy-wide savings from the Administration's deregulatory actions.
EO 14192 Ten-for-One Deregulation Rule
Executive Order 14192 (signed January 31, 2025; 90 FR 9065) requires that for every one new regulation issued, at least ten prior regulations be identified for elimination, and that the cost of planned regulations be managed through a budgeting process. The Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan cite this EO as guiding the Administration's deregulatory approach.
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