This bill changes how Congress can reject regulations that a president issues near the end of their term. Right now, if Congress wants to disapprove of multiple regulations that were finalized in the president's last year in office, they have to vote on each one separately through individual disapproval votes. This bill would let Congress bundle multiple regulations together and reject them all in a single vote instead. Essentially, it's a procedural change that makes it faster and easier for Congress to block multiple "last-minute" regulations from a departing president by allowing them to be handled together rather than one at a time. This could speed up the process of overturning regulations that the incoming Congress disagrees with, though it also means less individual scrutiny of each regulation being rejected.

Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025

Johnson, Ron

Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term.Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally&nbsp;provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.