All Roll Calls
Yes: 417 • No: 421
HR77119th Congress
Midnight Rules Relief Act
Sponsored By: Representative Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Passed House
Summary
Allows Congress to disapprove multiple late‑term agency rules in a single vote. This bill would let a single joint resolution list and revoke several agency rules if each rule's report was submitted during the President's final year and it uses a standardized resolving clause naming the rules and stating they have no force or effect.
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- Members of Congress: Makes it easier to challenge late‑term rules by bundling them into one joint resolution, lowering the number of separate disapproval measures lawmakers must consider.
- Federal agencies: Raises the risk that several rules finalized in a President's last year could be overturned together, increasing exposure for time‑sensitive rulemaking.
- Businesses, states, and the public affected by those rules: Creates greater uncertainty for regulations issued late in an administration because multiple rules could be nullified at once.
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Cancel multiple late-term rules
This bill would let Congress use one joint resolution to cancel more than one late-term ("midnight") agency rule at once. Each rule included would have to have had its required report submitted during the President's final year. The bill would also require a standard resolving clause that lists each rule and states, "Such rules shall have no force or effect."
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
AZ • R
Cosponsors
Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
CA • R
Sponsored 1/3/2025
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
WI • R
Sponsored 1/3/2025
Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2]
OK • R
Sponsored 1/3/2025
Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
TN • R
Sponsored 1/3/2025
Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
WY • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8]
FL • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7]
GA • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]
TX • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-TX-12]
TX • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2]
KS • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]
CO • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 2/12/2025
On Motion to Recommit
Yes: 205 • No: 213
house vote • 2/12/2025
On Passage
Yes: 212 • No: 208