Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative
Headline: Agencies Must Review and Rescind Unlawful Federal Regulations
What it does: Agencies must review regulations within 60 days, identify unlawful or burdensome rules, and coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget to rescind or modify them.
- May halt enforcement proceedings for regulations that violate the Constitution or laws.
- Requires agencies to report identified problematic rules to the federal regulatory office.
- May lead to rescinding or modifying rules that burden small businesses and innovation.
Summary
This order directs federal agencies to review and remove regulations that are unlawful or that undermine the national interest, and to focus enforcement on laws squarely authorized by the Constitution.
Agency heads must identify certain classes of problematic rules within 60 days, provide lists to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and work with the Office of Management and Budget to rescind or modify them.
It also allows agencies to de-prioritize or end enforcement of rules that go beyond statutory or constitutional authority and exempts military, national security, immigration, and employee-management actions.
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