Bill Details
HR.510 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-16 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-01-16
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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Sponsors
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This bill would slow down new federal regulations before they can take effect. It would require agencies to give the public at least 60 days to comment on proposed rules and then wait 6 months before a final rule becomes effective. It also adds more notice requirements for Congress and the public, so people have more time to review and react to new rules before they start applying.
- Agencies would have to allow at least 60 days for public comments on proposed rules.
- A final rule could not take effect until 6 months after it is issued, instead of the current 30 days in many cases.
- Agencies would have to send finalized rules to Congress 6 months before the rule’s effective date and post the rule online at least 24 hours before publishing it in the Federal Register.
- The bill would also make it easier to challenge agency actions in court by allowing lawsuits in the district where a person lives or where the agency has an office.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 510 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 510
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 6 month delay
before a final rule may take effect.
_______________________________________________________________________
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)''.
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