Congress pushes agencies to use AI and other tech to review old regulations and flag outdated rules
Also known as: Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review
Impacts
State Impacts
The bill is sponsored by a Representative from Arizona, but it creates nationwide requirements for federal agencies rather than Arizona-specific programs. Arizona residents and businesses would be affected in the same general way as people in other states if federal rules they deal with get simplified or updated.
Key Points
- Requires the budget office to report within 180 days on how well federal rules are available in computer-friendly formats.
- Directs the office that reviews regulations to issue guidance within 18 months on using tech (including AI tools) to spot outdated, conflicting, or overly burdensome rules.
- Tells each federal agency to submit a review plan within 2 years, explaining how it will use the guidance and which rules should be re-checked after they’re issued.
- After an agency files its plan, it must start carrying it out within 180 days for future reviews of its existing regulations.
- Could affect the public by making rule updates faster and easier to track, but it does not directly change any specific rule by itself.
Milestones
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 18.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
What Happens Next
Projected impacts based on AI analysis
OMB/OIRA sends Congress a report on progress making regulations machine-readable
Easier-to-search online rules may expand, and Congress gets a clear update on whether the government is modernizing how rules are published.
OMB/OIRA issues government-wide guidance on using technology (including AI) for retrospective reviews
Agencies get a playbook for how to use tools to find outdated, duplicative, or error-filled rules and how to train staff to use those tools.
Each agency submits its retrospective review plan to OMB/OIRA and Congress
Agencies publicly commit to which kinds of rules they will prioritize reviewing and how they will carry out those reviews.
Agencies begin implementing their review strategies
People and businesses may start seeing more cleanups: fixed errors, clearer cross-references, and possible proposals to update or remove rules found to be outdated or overly burdensome.
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review
Sponsor
Cosponsors
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