Congress Proposes Using AI to Automatically Identify and Delete Outdated Federal Regulations
To require the use of artificial intelligence to review agency regulations, and for other purposes.
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process and sits with the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees. Nothing has happened with this proposal since it was introduced in January 2026. Because no action has occurred for five months, the bill is considered stalled.
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Federal agency employees would face new responsibilities under this bill. Each year, when the AI system flags regulations as redundant or outdated, agency staff must review those flagged rules within 30 days and make a final determination. They'd then have another 30 days to either fix or remove the regulation. This could add significant workload, especially for agencies with large regulatory portfolios, though it could also simplify their regulatory landscape over time by clearing out old rules.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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A new legislative proposal by Rep. Blake Moore would use AI to identify redundant and outdated rules in the Code of Federal Regulations. The bill aims to reduce the volume of the CFR, which has grown to nearly 200,000 pages, by requiring OMB and NIST to implement an annual AI review tool.
Rep. Blake Moore introduced H.R. 7226 to streamline the Code of Federal Regulations using AI. The bill directs OMB to create an annual process to identify redundant or outdated regulations, referring them to agencies for a final decision on removal, intended to work alongside agency personnel.
Blake Moore introduced a bill that would require the use of AI to review agency regulations. The measure calls for the Office of Management and Budget to develop a yearly process for identifying redundant or outdated regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations using AI tools.
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
To require the use of artificial intelligence to review agency regulations, and for other purposes.
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