Senator Risch Introduces Bill Mandating Periodic Expiration for Federal Energy and Mining Regulations

Federal energy regulations approach 200,000 pages — the baseline H.R. 7592 and S. 2427 are designed to shrink

DOE proposed cutting 47 regulations in May 2025, projecting $11 billion in savings — but those cuts were not yet finalized

Manufacturers pay an estimated $29,100 per employee per year in federal regulatory compliance costs — more than double the average U.S. company

Policy uncertainty from regulatory shifts cost the U.S. an estimated $24 billion in clean energy investment in 2025

A 1995 federal bill requiring mandatory regulatory review passed committee but never became law — a pattern repeated across decades