Bill · S. 164· Senate(119-S-164)
Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 1/21/2025
- Last activity
- 9/14/2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564.
- Sponsored by
- Ron Johnson
- Cosponsors
- - 6 - 0
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
This bill is titled the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025. It amends title 5 of the United States Code to allow for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for midnight rules. Specifically, it applies to rules submitted during the final year of a President's term. Under section 2, a joint resolution of disapproval may contain one or more rules submitted during that timeframe. The bill also provides the specific text required for the resolving clause of these joint resolutions stating that Congress disapproves the listed rules and that such rules shall have no force or effect.
Yes· 3 of 4
Would business owners be better off under this?+3
Allows for the rapid removal of potentially burdensome regulations enacted at the end of an administration.
Does this make it easier to run a small business?+2
Reducing regulatory burdens by making it easier to overturn late-term agency rules generally benefits small businesses.
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+2
Streamlining the disapproval process provides a more efficient mechanism for congressional oversight of agency rules.
The opposite
Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?-2
Easier overturning of rules may include the removal of consumer protection regulations enacted by previous administrations.
Does this give the federal government more power?-2
The bill shifts power back toward the legislative branch to check executive agency rule-making.
Would union members be better off under this?-1
Union-friendly regulations enacted late in a term could be more easily overturned.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Section 2: This section allows Congress to consider multiple midnight rules together using en bloc consideration through a joint resolution of disapproval if the rules were submitted during the final year of a President's term. This might be considered positive because it gives lawmakers a streamlined tool to review and address multiple rules at once.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Based on the provided text, there are no explicitly stated negative impacts or burdens identified for individuals or groups of people in the United States.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners+3Good For Farmers+1Good For Union Workers-1
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Small Business Support+2Improves Consumer Protection-2
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+2Increases Federal Power-2
- 9/14/2026
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564.
- 8/6/2026
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 1/22/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/21/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 5 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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