# 119-s-76: SMART Act of 2025

119-s-76, SMART Act of 2025, 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 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-76
- Congress: 119
- Title: SMART Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would force agencies to build and publish regular, evidence-based reviews that check whether major regulations actually achieved their goals.** It would also set a clear test for what counts as a "major rule" so agencies know which regulations need that extra scrutiny.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits on court review of assessments: cost, high. If enacted, courts could only review whether an agency published the required framework or published the required assessment. Courts could remand a rule for compliance, but they could not block the rule, and the rule would remain in effect even if a court found noncompliance. The bill would also ba…
- What counts as a major rule: mixed, high. This bill would define a "major rule" as any rule likely to affect the economy by $100,000,000 or more per year, or one that greatly raises costs or harms competition, jobs, health, safety, or the environment. If enacted, that label would decide which agency rules must get extra assessment and revi…
- Standard plans and reviews for major rules: mixed, high. If enacted, agencies would have to publish a plan for measuring any proposed rule they expect to be major and a full assessment plan for every final major rule. Plans must list goals, expected benefits and costs, methods, public data plans, and a deadline to assess the rule no later than 10 years a…
- OIRA powers, exemptions, and funding: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would make the OIRA head the named "Administrator" and give that official new roles. The Administrator could exempt some final major rules from the assessment plan in emergencies, tight statutory deadlines, routine or impracticable cases, or when it would harm the public intere…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1949: Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act
- 119-s-541: ELITE Vehicles Act
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-76 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/76)

## Related
- [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1949: Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1949)
- [119-s-541: ELITE Vehicles Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-541)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-76 (as of 2025-12-21).