Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (20 Feb 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
What this bill does
S. 644, the Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act, would direct federal agencies to make greater use of technology in reviewing existing regulations. The bill requires the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to report to Congress within 180 days on federal progress toward making regulations available in machine-readable format, including whether the online eCFR is recognized as an official legal edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. Within 18 months, OMB must issue guidance to agencies on using tools such as algorithms and artificial intelligence to identify regulations that are obsolete, overly burdensome, contain errors, or overlap with other rules, and on training staff to use such tools.
Each federal agency would then have two years to submit its own retrospective-review plan to OMB and to the House Oversight and Senate Homeland Security committees, describing how it will apply the guidance and identifying which regulations it must or should review after issuance. Agencies would then have 180 days after submitting their plan to begin implementing it.
The bill primarily affects federal agencies and the offices responsible for regulatory oversight and publishing, such as OMB, the Government Publishing Office, and the National Archives' Office of the Federal Register; it does not directly regulate the public. The bill was introduced by Senator Mike Lee on February 20, 2025, and referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, where it currently awaits further committee action before any vote by the full Senate.
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Timeline
20 Feb 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Common questions
- What does S. 644 do?
- S. 644, the Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act, would direct federal agencies to make greater use of technology in reviewing existing regulations. The bill requires the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to report to Congress within 180 days on federal progress toward making regulations available in machine-readable format, including whether the online eCFR is recognized as an official legal edition of the Code of Federal Regulations. Within 18 months, OMB must issue guidance to agencies on using tools such as algorithms and artificial intelligence to identify regulations that are obsolete, overly burdensome, contain errors, or overlap with other rules, and on training staff to use such tools. Each federal agency would then have two years to submit its own retrospective-review plan to OMB and to the House Oversight and Senate Homeland Security committees, describing how it will apply the guidance and identifying which regulations it must or should review after issuance. Agencies would then have 180 days after submitting their plan to begin implementing it. The bill primarily affects federal agencies and the offices responsible for regulatory oversight and publishing, such as OMB, the Government Publishing Office, and the National Archives' Office of the Federal Register; it does not directly regulate the public. The bill was introduced by Senator Mike Lee on February 20, 2025, and referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, where it currently awaits further committee action before any vote by the full Senate.
- Has S. 644 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 644. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 644?
- S. 644 was sponsored by Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 644?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (20 Feb 2025).
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