Congress·In Committee·H.R. 8162

Regulatory Review Improvement Act of 2026

Government Regulation: New Rules for Reviewing Old Laws

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Next up: A house committee

This bill is in the early stages of the legislative process and is currently assigned to the House Judiciary and Small Business committees. No action has been taken on the bill since March 2026, meaning it has been stalled for three months. The committees must review the bill before it can move forward, but most bills do not receive a committee vote.

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Unlikely to pass

While it has some cosponsors, bills that change how the whole government works often struggle to pass unless they have massive support from both parties.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 9085 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 9085 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill changes how the government checks its own rules to see if they are still working. It requires agencies to ask the public if a specific rule should stay in place or be removed.
Agencies would have to report exactly how much money and time people have spent complying with a rule since it started. This includes counting the number of hours spent on paperwork.
The bill makes it harder for agencies to put off these reviews. Right now, they can delay a review for up to five years, but this bill would limit that delay to just one year.
Before finishing a review, agencies would have to look at the economic impact of the rule. They would also have to write a report summarizing what the public said about the rule.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Mar 30, 2026House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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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Mar 30, 2026

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Regulatory Review Improvement Act of 2026

Bill NumberHR 8162

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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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R: 2

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