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Ron Johnson (R-WI)

Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025

S. 164 · Senate bill Government Operations and Politics

A Republican bill with 6 Republican cosponsors · See all 6 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill is titled the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025. It amends title 5 of the United States Code to allow for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for midnight rules. Specifically, it applies to rules submitted during the final year of a President's term. Under section 2, a joint resolution of disapproval may contain one or more rules submitted during that timeframe. The bill also provides the specific text required for the resolving clause of these joint resolutions stating that Congress disapproves the listed rules and that such rules shall have no force or effect.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +3

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    Allows for the rapid removal of potentially burdensome regulations enacted at the end of an administration.

  • Scored +2

    Does this make it easier to run a small business?

    Reducing regulatory burdens by making it easier to overturn late-term agency rules generally benefits small businesses.

  • Scored +2

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    Streamlining the disapproval process provides a more efficient mechanism for congressional oversight of agency rules.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?

    Easier overturning of rules may include the removal of consumer protection regulations enacted by previous administrations.

  • Scored -2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill shifts power back toward the legislative branch to check executive agency rule-making.

  • Scored -1

    Would union members be better off under this?

    Union-friendly regulations enacted late in a term could be more easily overturned.