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119-s-644119th Congress

Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act

Sponsored By: Senator Lee, Mike [R-UT]

Introduced

Summary

Modernize retrospective reviews of federal regulations. This bill would require agencies and OMB to check whether rules are available in machine-readable form, issue guidance on using technology and AI to review rules, and make agency plans to carry out those reviews.

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  • Federal agencies: Would have to submit an Agency Retrospective Review Plan within 2 years that lays out how they will use the guidance and which regulations need post-issuance review. Agencies must start implementing any planned review within 180 days after they file the plan.
  • Office of Management and Budget and Administrator of OIRA: Would produce a report within 180 days on the availability of regulations in machine-readable formats and on recognition of the electronic Code of Federal Regulations. The Administrator would also issue guidance within 18 months on using algorithms and artificial intelligence to improve reviews.
  • Agency staff and technology use: The guidance would explain how to use tools to find obsolete, ineffective, or excessively burdensome rules and to detect typos, bad cross references, and overlapping requirements, and it would address training for personnel.
  • Government publishing and access: The bill directs consultation with the Government Publishing Office, the Archivist, and the Federal Register about machine-readable publication and whether the eCFR should be recognized as an official legal edition.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Modernize agency rule reviews

If enacted, the bill would require OMB to report within 180 days on whether agencies publish rules in machine-readable form. It would require OMB to issue guidance within 18 months on using technology and artificial intelligence to spot obsolete, burdensome, or error-filled rules. Within 2 years, each agency head would send a Retrospective Review Plan to OIRA and Congress. Agencies would have to start implementing their plan within 180 days after they file it.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lee, Mike [R-UT]

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]

    WY • R

    Sponsored 2/20/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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