# 119-hr-580: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025

119-hr-580, Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] (R-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-580
- Congress: 119
- Title: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Tighten regulatory cost-benefit analysis for major federal rules.** This bill would expand the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act so agencies must produce detailed, quantified regulatory impact analyses and broaden stakeholder input for any rule that meets a $100,000,000 annual economy-wide impact threshold. - Agencies would have to publish initial and final regulatory impact analyses that quantify benefits and costs to the extent feasible. They must analyze a reasonable set of alternatives, include market-based and flexible options, assess distributional effects across regions and sectors, and estimate potential job creation or loss. - States, Tribal and local governments, small businesses, and other affected parties would get earlier and ongoing consultation, a required 90-day initiation notice in the Federal Register, and mandatory summaries of prior consultations and public comments. - The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs would gain new oversight tools and must report to Congress annually. The bill expands UMRA to independent agencies and private-sector mandates, allows judicial challenges to major rules, and sets parts of the law to take effect 120 days after enactment.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Congressional point of order for businesses: benefit, medium. If enacted, Congress would be able to raise a point of order against federal private‑sector mandates the same way it does against intergovernmental mandates. This would give businesses a legislative tool to block or slow costly federal requirements.
- Earlier consultations and dockets: benefit, low. If enacted, agencies that may make a major rule would have to open an electronic docket and publish a notice at least 90 days before a proposed rule. Agencies would also have to consult early and often with State, local, and Tribal officials and impacted private‑sector parties, including small busi…
- New $100M rule threshold: mixed, high. If enacted, a rule would be "major" if it is likely to affect the economy by $100,000,000 or more per year. The $100,000,000 floor would be updated every 5 years using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The OIRA Administrator would also be able to declare a rule major if it causes bi…
- Stronger impact analysis and oversight: mixed, high. If enacted, agencies would have to publish a detailed initial regulatory impact analysis with the proposed major rule and a final analysis with the final major rule. Analyses would, when feasible, put numbers on benefits and costs, look at reasonable alternatives, estimate job and budget effects, a…
- Independent agencies now covered: mixed, high. If enacted, independent regulatory agencies would be covered by a provision they had been excluded from, broadening oversight and budget‑act coverage. At the same time, the bill would explicitly say that rules about monetary policy from the Federal Reserve or its committee are not subject to titles…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2089: Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding
- 119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- 119-hr-649: Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-580 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/580)

## Related
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2089: Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2089)
- [119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-979)
- [119-hr-649: Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-649)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-580 (as of 2026-09-10).