Regulatory Review Improvement Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8162 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8162

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications to
 how agencies conduct periodic reviews of agency rules, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2026

Mr. Meuser (for himself, Mr. Bresnahan, and Ms. King-Hinds) introduced
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
 Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications to
 how agencies conduct periodic reviews of agency rules, and for other
                               purposes.

    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 Review Improvement Act of
2026''.

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO PERIODIC REVIEW OF RULES.

    Section 610 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the fourth sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``and for the review'' and
                        inserting ``, for the review''; and
                            (ii) by inserting before the period at the
                        end the following: ``, and for the solicitation
                        of public comments on whether each such final
                        rule should remain in effect''; and
                    (B) in the fifth sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``that includes an
                        explanation for the delay'' after ``in a
                        statement''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``by one year at a time
                        for a total of not more than five years'' and
                        inserting ``by not more than one year'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including
                any analyses or summaries conducted by the agency under
                subsection (c)'' before the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the
                end;
                    (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) the cost of compliance and the number of paperwork
        hours the rule has required since the rule took effect.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``and the need for'' and
                        inserting ``, the need for''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, and an economic
                        analysis of such rule,'' after ``such rule'';
                        and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new
                sentence: ``Before conducting a review under this
                section, each agency shall produce a qualitative and
                quantitative summary of such comments that includes an
                analysis of such comments by the agency.''.
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