Contact Congress about H.R. 77: Midnight Rules Relief Act

Congress could vote to cancel several late-term agency rules at once. The bill only covers rules reported during a president’s final year in office. It changes the voting process, not which rules Congress may review.

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Midnight Rules Relief Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Latest action on H.R. 77: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects Congress, federal agencies, and people or businesses covered by late-term federal rules. Congress could move faster when reviewing groups of rules near the end of a presidency. Agencies may face a higher chance that several late-term rules are canceled together. Businesses, workers, consumers, states, or other groups covered by those rules could see more uncertainty during a presidential transition.

Why this matters: Late-term federal rules can shape daily life and business plans, and this bill could make it easier to erase several of them at once. Today, Congress generally cancels agency rules one at a time under the Congressional Review Act. This bill would let Congress package certain late-term rules together. That could speed up oversight, but it could also give each rule less individual debate.

Key provisions in H.R. 77

• Congress could use one joint resolution of disapproval to cancel several rules. This only applies if each rule’s report reached Congress during the final year of a president’s term.
• The bill targets “midnight rules,” meaning rules agencies issue near the end of a president’s time in office. Existing law already covers this late-term review process.
• The bill changes the Congressional Review Act to allow combined review of these late-term rules. That means Congress could handle them as a group.
• The bill adds special wording for resolutions that include more than one rule. Congress would have to use that wording for these combined votes.
• Each rule in the package must be named separately. The resolution must list the agency that sent it and what the rule is about.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 77

What is H.R. 77?

Congress could vote to cancel several late-term agency rules at once. The bill only covers rules reported during a president’s final year in office. It changes the voting process, not which rules Congress may review.

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