___ Act of 2025

Key Points

• This bill would require Congress to vote and approve any major executive order or major federal agency rule before it can take effect. Major rules and orders could no longer go into effect on their own. Instead, the majority leader of each chamber must introduce a joint resolution of approval within 3 days of receiving the report, and both chambers must pass it.
• A "major rule" is defined as one with an annual economic impact of $100 million or more, or one that causes a big increase in costs for consumers, industries, or governments. This threshold determines which rules need a full congressional vote versus which can proceed with just a disapproval option.
• There is an emergency exception. The president can let a major rule or executive order take effect for 90 days without congressional approval if it involves an imminent threat to health or safety, criminal law enforcement, national security, or international trade agreements.
• If Congress does not act within 70 session or legislative days, the major rule or executive order is automatically considered not approved and cannot take effect. This creates a hard deadline that prevents rules from lingering indefinitely without a decision.
• The bill also orders the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study within one year of all existing federal rules, counting how many are in effect, how many qualify as major, and estimating their total economic cost. This would create the first comprehensive inventory of the regulatory burden.
• For nonmajor rules (those below the $100 million threshold), the bill keeps a disapproval process rather than requiring affirmative approval. Congress can still block these rules through a joint resolution of disapproval, but the rules can take effect unless actively rejected.

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