# 119-hr-8617: American Family Cost-of-Living Relief Act of 2026

119-hr-8617, American Family Cost-of-Living Relief Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8617
- Congress: 119
- Title: American Family Cost-of-Living Relief Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Requires agencies to measure and limit household cost increases from new federal rules.** This bill would add a new Section 553A to title 5 to force agencies to publish initial and final household cost impact analyses and to block rules that would "substantially increase" household costs unless required by law or an emergency. - Families and households: Agencies must report how a proposed rule would affect spending on essentials like housing, utilities, food, health care, transportation, childcare, education, and taxes. A "substantial increase" is defined as an increase of $50 or more per year. - Federal agencies: Agencies would publish an initial household cost impact analysis with proposed-rule notices that describes affected categories, estimates distributional effects by household income, and recommends lower-cost alternatives, then publish a final analysis after public comment explaining how comments changed the assessment. - Oversight and enforcement: Households could seek judicial review if an agency fails to follow the new process and courts would have jurisdiction to hear those claims. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget would issue guidance within 180 days and publish an annual report listing major rules that substantially raised household costs; emergency rules certified for national security or declared disasters may be used but generally last no more than one year.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] (R-KY), 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Agencies must check household cost increases: benefit, high. If enacted, federal agencies would have to publish an initial household cost impact analysis when they propose a rule. The analysis would say if a rule would raise household costs by $50 or more per year and would show impacts by income and list affected goods or services. After public comment, age…
- Households could sue over costly rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, any household adversely affected by a final agency rule subject to the household-cost rules would be able to seek judicial review in court under Chapter 7. Courts that already review agency rules would have jurisdiction to hear claims that an agency failed to follow the new household co…
- OMB must report rules that raise costs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget would issue guidance within 180 days to help agencies apply the household-cost rules. The OMB would also publish a report within one year, and then yearly, identifying major rules that substantially increased household costs and recomm…

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- 119-hr-9694: Epstein Files Transparency Act II
- 119-hr-1004: Love Lives On Act of 2025
- 119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-8617 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8617)

## Related
- [119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-740)
- [119-hres-1430: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.185) to advance responsible polici…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1430)
- [119-hr-9694: Epstein Files Transparency Act II](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9694)
- [119-hr-1004: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1004)
- [119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-925)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8617 (as of 2026-09-21).