Mike Lee (R-UT)
Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act
A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The "Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act" aims to improve how Federal regulations are reviewed after they are issued. The Act requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to report on how agency regulations are being made available in a machine-readable format. It also directs the issuance of guidance on using technology, such as artificial intelligence, to conduct these reviews more efficiently and accurately. Agencies will be required to create a detailed plan for implementing this guidance and reviewing their regulations. Finally, agencies must implement their respective strategies following the submission of these plans.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +5
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires a report on making agency regulations available in a machine-readable format to improve public access and clarity.
- Scored +3
Does this reduce what the federal government spends?
The bill encourages agencies to use technology to identify and remove obsolete, ineffective, or excessively burdensome regulations, which can reduce administrative costs.
- Scored +3
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
The bill aims to identify and eliminate regulations that are excessively burdensome, which can reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Efficiency and Accuracy in Regulation Reviews: Under Section 2(c)(1)(A), agencies can use technology, including algorithmic tools and artificial intelligence, to more efficiently and accurately conduct reviews of existing regulations. This could help identify regulations that are obsolete, ineffective, insufficient, excessively burdensome, or contain errors such as typographical errors or inaccurate cross-references.
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Improved Accessibility of Regulations: Section 2(b)(1) requires a report on the progress of making agency regulations available in a machine-sreadable format. This may improve how the public accesses and interacts with government regulations.
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Streamlined Regulatory Framework: Section 2(c)(1)(A)(v) notes that the use of technology can help identify regulations that are redundant, contradict, or overlap with other agency regulations or standards, which could lead to a clearer regulatory environment.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill aims to identify and eliminate regulations that are excessively burdensome, which can reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses. Does this reduce what the federal government spends? — The bill encourages agencies to use technology to identify and remove obsolete, ineffective, or excessively burdensome regulations, which can reduce administrative costs.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires a report on making agency regulations available in a machine-readable format to improve public access and clarity.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — By streamlining and reviewing regulations for inefficiency or redundancy, the bill may reduce the regulatory burden on business owners.
- Education And Technology
- Does this put more money into scientific research? — The bill promotes the use of artificial intelligence and algorithmic tools in the regulatory review process.
- 2/20/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Cynthia LummisRepublican · Wyoming