Contact Congress about H.R. 580: Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025

Federal agencies would have to study big rules more closely before making them final. They would need to compare costs, benefits, job effects, and other options, with earlier input from governments and affected businesses.

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Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025 is a House bill waiting for floor action. The latest recorded action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.

Latest action on H.R. 580: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 381.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects federal agencies that write large rules, and the people or groups who must live under those rules. State, local, and Tribal governments, small businesses, and affected private groups would get more chances to raise cost and design concerns early. Independent regulatory agencies would also face more of these steps, except for Federal Reserve monetary policy rules covered by the bill's exemption.

Why this matters: Big federal rules can affect prices, jobs, business costs, public services, and health or safety protections. This bill would push agencies to show those tradeoffs before finalizing major rules. It could make rules more transparent and less costly for affected groups. It could also slow some rules or make them easier to challenge when agencies miss required steps.

Key provisions in H.R. 580

• The bill creates a new term, major rule. It means a rule likely to affect the economy by at least $100 million a year, adjusted every five years for inflation, or to have other large economic or competitive effects.
• Agencies would have to publish two impact studies for every major rule. One would come with the proposed rule, and one would come with the final rule. They must put costs and benefits in numbers when they can.
• Agencies would have to compare several other choices before acting. These include no federal action, market-based tools, information-only approaches, and flexible options the agency is legally allowed to use.
• Agencies would have to estimate who feels the effects when they can. That includes regions, levels of government, types of communities, parts of the private sector, and job gains or losses.
• Agencies would have to talk with affected groups earlier and keep doing it through the rule process. That includes state, local, and Tribal officials, affected private groups, and small businesses. Agencies must also look at the combined burden of rules.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 580

What is H.R. 580?

Federal agencies would have to study big rules more closely before making them final. They would need to compare costs, benefits, job effects, and other options, with earlier input from governments and affected businesses.

How do I support or oppose H.R. 580?

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Who should I contact about H.R. 580?

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