EXPERTS Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill requires anyone submitting scientific, economic, or technical studies during the rulemaking process to disclose who funded the research, who reviewed it, and any financial relationships between researchers and affected parties. This aims to expose hidden industry influence on government decisions.
• Publicly traded companies that submit false or misleading information during rulemaking face civil penalties of at least $250,000 for a first offense and $1,000,000 for each later violation. False submissions can also be permanently excluded from the record.
• A new Office of the Public Advocate would be created inside the Office of Management and Budget to help everyday people participate in the rulemaking process, conduct research on social equity impacts, and ensure information is available in multiple languages.
• The bill instructs courts to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutes, effectively pushing back against the Supreme Court's recent shift away from agency deference. It also defines specific timelines that count as unreasonable delay by agencies.
• OIRA review of significant regulatory actions would be capped at 60 days, with only one possible 30-day extension that requires a written public justification. If the review is not completed on time, the agency can move forward and publish the rule.
• Agencies would be allowed to reinstate rules that were previously struck down through the Congressional Review Act, either by fast-track publication within one year or through normal rulemaking procedures after that.

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