# Plain Language Summary: Red Tape Reduction Act

This bill is about reversing a decision made by President Biden on his first day in office and bringing back several rules from the Trump administration that were designed to reduce government regulations. Specifically, it would cancel out an executive order that Biden signed that had reversed Trump-era rules about cutting regulations. Think of it like this: Trump created several rules to make it easier for businesses by reducing government oversight, Biden reversed those rules, and this bill would put Trump's rules back in place.

The bill would restore five specific executive orders that focused on reducing regulations and making government agencies more transparent and accountable. These orders dealt with things like requiring agencies to eliminate old regulations before creating new ones, reviewing existing regulations to see if they're still needed, making sure government guidance documents are clearer and easier to understand, and requiring agencies to be more transparent when they're enforcing rules or making decisions. By turning these executive orders into actual law through Congress, the bill would make them much harder to reverse in the future—a president couldn't simply undo them with their own executive order.

The practical impact would be that businesses and organizations would likely face fewer regulatory requirements and less government oversight in areas like environmental protection, workplace safety, consumer protection, and financial regulation. Supporters argue this would reduce costs and red tape that burden businesses. Critics worry it could weaken protections for workers, consumers, and the environment. The bill essentially represents a significant shift in how aggressively the government regulates private industry, making deregulation a matter of law rather than just presidential policy.

Red Tape Reduction Act

Hinson, Ashley

Red Tape Reduction Act This bill grants the force and effect of law to various executive orders relating to administrative procedures that were rescinded on January 20, 2021, including orders requiring agencies to (1) identify at least two regulations for repeal before publishing notice of a proposed new rule, and (2) rescind guidance documents that are no longer in effect.