Schweikert's Regulation Bill

Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ) has introduced legislation to automatically cut outdated rules and regulations.

Specifically, Rep. Schweikert's Regulatory Evidence-based Standards for Thorough Accountability and Reassuring Tests — Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely (RESTART-SUNSET) Act strengthens the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), which requires federal agencies to assess the effects of their regulations on small businesses, by requiring those agencies to review regulations.

While agencies under the RFA are currently required to review rules and regulations, Rep. Schweikert's RESTART-SUNSET Act ensures compliance by automatically sunsetting all rules and regulations that have not been reviewed after ten years.

Agencies can exempt rules and regulations that can demonstrably prove no impact on small businesses, but they must provide additional justification in the Federal Register. Moreover... READ MORE

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The Snakebite is written by Grayson Bakich and Javier Manjarres