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HR8162119th Congress

Regulatory Review Improvement Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]

Introduced

Summary

Expands transparency and economic analysis in how federal agencies review rules. This bill would require agencies to ask whether each final rule should remain in effect, explain any review delays, and allow extensions of no more than one year per extension instead of the prior five-year aggregate limit.

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  • Agencies would add analyses or summaries they produce to the official rule record, include an economic analysis of each rule, and provide qualitative and quantitative summaries of public comments along with the agency's analysis before conducting a review.
  • Businesses and other regulated parties would see the review record include the rule's cost of compliance and the total paperwork hours the rule has required since it took effect, creating a quantified measure of regulatory burden.
  • Members of the public would get a formal solicitation on whether rules should remain and would benefit from documented agency summaries and analyses of the comments they submit.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

More public review of federal rules

This bill would change how federal agencies review existing rules. Agencies would have to ask the public whether each final rule should stay in effect. Agencies would explain any delay and would be able to extend a review "by not more than one year," which would remove the prior five-year aggregate cap and could allow repeated one-year extensions if agencies justify them each time. Review records would have to include analyses produced under the statute and a required economic analysis of the rule. Agencies would also measure the cost of compliance and the total paperwork hours since each rule began. Before a review, agencies would produce a qualitative and quantitative summary of public comments that includes the agency’s analysis. These changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]

PA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 3/30/2026

  • Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]

    MP • R

    Sponsored 3/30/2026

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 7/9/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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