01 — The Text
What.
- GAO must list all federal agency rules that courts previously upheld using Chevron deference (a legal doctrine requiring courts to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous laws).
- Assigns sunset dates to each listed rule: the newest rule expires 30 days after publication, then each prior rule expires 30 days after the next one.
- Allows Congress to disapprove these rules via expedited process without the normal 60-day deadline restriction.
02 — The Stakes
So what?
- Affects: Potentially hundreds of existing regulations across EPA, labor, health, finance, and other agencies already in effect.
- Winners: Businesses and groups that challenged these rules; they get another chance to eliminate regulations they opposed.
- Losers: Workers, environmentalists, consumers relying on those protections; rules could vanish unless Congress votes to keep them.
- Key stakes: Supreme Court killed Chevron deference in 2024; this bill weaponizes that change to systematically review past agency decisions.
03 — The Path
Now what?
- Bill introduced Jan. 9 and referred to three House committees (Judiciary, Oversight, Rules) for review—early stage with no floor vote scheduled yet.
- Next: Committee hearings and debates over which rules deserve protection versus elimination; passage requires surviving committee and House votes, then Senate.
- Act now: Track bill on Congress.gov or contact your representative to signal support or opposition before committee markup.
Legislative History
Actions.
- Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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.
- Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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.
- Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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.
- Jan 9, 2025 — Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2025 — Introduced in House