Midnight Rules Relief Act

House Bill

H.R. 77

119th Congress

Midnight Rules Relief Act

In Committee

Introduced:Jan 3, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Andy Biggs

R - AZ

Cosponsors

12

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Government Operations and Politics

Summary

This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations in a single joint resolution if those regulations were submitted during the final year of a presidential term. Currently, the Congressional Review Act only permits one regulation per resolution, making mass rollbacks difficult.

Latest Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

AI Summary

Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations in a single joint resolution if those regulations were submitted during the final year of a presidential term. Currently, the Congressional Review Act only permits one regulation per resolution, making mass rollbacks difficult.

Last updated: 1/6/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Midnight Rules Relief ActThis 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 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.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Allows bundling multiple regulations in one disapproval resolution
Targets regulations from final year of presidential term
Modifies Congressional Review Act procedures
Enables faster reversal of midnight regulations
Streamlines congressional regulatory oversight

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Congress could more efficiently reverse regulations issued at the end of a presidential administration. Instead of voting on each regulation separately, multiple midnight rules could be disapproved together in a single resolution.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Government Operations and Politics

Related Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Legislative rules and procedure

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

77, 119th Congress (2025). "Midnight Rules Relief Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-77