# 119-s-1708: Regulatory Accountability Act

119-s-1708, Regulatory Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1708
- Congress: 119
- Title: Regulatory Accountability Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Rewrites federal rulemaking to add new procedural checks, transparency, and stronger Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) oversight.** The bill would define "guidance" and "major rule", require cost and alternatives analysis for significant actions, lengthen public comment periods, and create a mandatory retrospective review framework. - Agencies and rule writers would face tighter procedural steps. They must consider at least three alternatives and, for "major rules" (those likely to have annual effects of $100 million or more), perform quantitative cost and benefit analysis and generally adopt the alternative that maximizes net benefits. - The public and regulated entities would get more access and time to weigh in. Agencies must post studies, models, and relied upon information in dockets and provide at least 60 days for general rules and 90 days for major rules to comment. - The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) would gain expanded oversight. The OIRA Administrator would publish comprehensive rulemaking guidelines, oversee retrospective assessments, and require a review horizon up to 10 years with major‑rule framework requirements beginning 180 days after enactment.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI), 2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Longer comments and more transparency: benefit, medium. If enacted, agencies starting major-rule rulemakings would post an electronic docket and publish an advance notice at least 90 days before a proposed rule. The advance notice would describe the problem, invite alternatives, and give at least 30 days to submit materials. Agencies would put studies,…
- Limits on court review of agencies: cost, medium. If enacted, courts would decide questions of law anew unless a statute says otherwise, while still giving due regard to agency views. The bill would narrowly limit judicial review of whether agencies published required assessment frameworks or completed and published required assessments. If a cour…
- New tests for major rules: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would define a "major rule" to include rules likely to affect the economy by $100,000,000 or more a year. For major rules, agencies would generally have to adopt the alternative that maximizes net benefits in their analysis. Agencies could pick a different option only with the…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-s-382: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-1793: COUNTER Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1708 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1708)

## Related
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-401)
- [119-s-382: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-382)
- [119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-587)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-1793: COUNTER Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1793)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1708 (as of 2026-04-21).