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Regulatory Cooling Off Act of 2025
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 6 month delay before a final rule may take effect.
Summary
The bill amends federal administrative law to extend timelines for regulatory rule-making and implementation. It increases the required comment period for interested parties on proposed rules to a minimum of 60 days. The bill extends the delay between when a rule is finalized and when it takes effect from 30 days to 6 months, and requires agencies to submit finalized rules to Congress and all relevant committees at least 6 months before the rule becomes effective. The bill also extends the Congressional Review Act timeframe for Congress to disapprove or approve rules from 60 days to 6 months. Additionally, the bill requires agencies to post proposed and final rules on their websites at least 24 hours before publication in the Federal Register.
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- Jan 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 16, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 6 month delay before a final rule may take effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Regulatory Cooling Off Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES.
Title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) In section 553—
(A) in subsection (c), by inserting “, for a period of not less than 60 days,” before “interested persons”;
(B) in subsection (d), by striking “30 days” and inserting “6 months”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(f) The agency shall submit a finalized rule to Congress for referral to each committee of jurisdiction in each House of Congress not later than 6 months prior to the effective date of the rule.
“(g) The agency shall publish notice in the Federal Register on the date that a finalized rule takes effect.
“(h) The agency shall post on the website of such agency a final rule or proposed rule not less than 24 hours before such final rule or proposed rule is published in the Federal Register pursuant to this section.”.
(2) In section 702, by adding at the end the following: “An action under this section may be brought before the district court where the plaintiff resides or before any court for a district where the agency has an office.”.
(3) In section 801—
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting after “shall submit to each House of the Congress” the following: “not later than the date that is 6 months prior to the effective date of such rule”; and
(B) in subsection (a)(3), by striking “60 days” and inserting “6 months (unless the Congress enacts a joint resolution or other measure explicitly approving the rule)”. <all>
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