Exclusive: Rep. Stephanie Bice introduces bill to cut back regulatory apparatus
Rep. Stephanie Bice is leveraging the DOGE fever with her latest bill, first obtained by the Washington Reporter.
Rep. Stephane Bice (R., Okla.) is seizing on DOGE fever to introduce a bill that will decimate the regulatory state.
Bice’s Regulation Reduction Act, first obtained by the Washington Reporter, already has almost two dozen original cosponsors and will require government agencies “to repeal three or more rules before issuing a new major rule that imposes a cost or responsibility on a nongovernmental person, state, or local government.”
“Since coming to Congress, I have focused on promoting pro-growth policies and reducing burdensome regulations,” Bice told the Reporter. “According to the National Association of Manufacturers, the total cost of federal regulations in 2022 was an estimated $3.079 trillion. This is not sustainable. The Regulation Reduction Act will help get our nation back on track and make our government more efficient.”
Bice, an increasingly senior House GOP appropriator, introduced identical legislation last Congress. Now, with unified GOP control and President Donald Trump’s eagerness to slash regulations, the bill has a better chance. In addition to its required three-for-one regulation cuts, the bill requires that 90 days after its enactment “the head of each agency [] submit to Congress and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report that includes a review of each rule that is identified as costly, ineffective, duplicative, or outdated.”
Last Congress, Bice also introduced the Chevron Re-Review Act, first covered by the Reporter, that would create a process similar to the Congressional Review Act and ensure the enforcement of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
Bice’s earlier government efficiency bill would also allow for rules or regulations upheld in a federal court that either cited or relied on the now-repealed Chevron deference doctrine to be repealed expeditiously.
