# Plain Language Summary: Government Red-Tape Reduction Act

This bill creates a new requirement for federal agencies whenever they want to create a new regulation. Before an agency can propose a new rule, they must publicly identify three existing rules that they plan to get rid of. The idea behind this is to prevent regulations from just piling up endlessly—for every new rule added, three old ones have to go away. The agency would need to announce which three rules they're repealing and explain when they started the process to remove them.

The main exception to this rule is when Congress has specifically required an agency to create a new regulation by law. In those cases, the agency wouldn't need to identify three rules to repeal. This makes sense because if lawmakers have directly ordered an agency to do something, the agency shouldn't be able to skip that requirement just because they can't find three rules to eliminate.

In practice, this could slow down the regulatory process. Agencies would need to spend time identifying and planning to repeal existing rules before they could move forward with new ones. Supporters of this bill argue it would help cut through unnecessary bureaucracy and make government more efficient. Critics might worry that it could prevent important new safety or environmental protections from being put in place if agencies can't find enough old rules to remove, or that it would distract agencies from their core missions while they hunt for rules to eliminate.

Government Red-Tape Reduction Act

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Government Red-Tape Reduction Act This bill requires federal agencies to identify three rules that the agency is repealing for any proposed new rule, unless the proposed rule is required by statute.