Midnight Rules Relief Act

In Plain Language

This bill lets Congress use a single vote to reject multiple regulations that a president issued near the end of their term, instead of needing a separate vote for each one. Currently, Congress can only disapprove one regulation at a time through the formal process, even if multiple rules came out around the same time. This change would speed up the process of rejecting rules a new Congress disagrees with.

Official Congressional Research Service summary

Midnight Rules Relief ActThis bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term. Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.