Destabilizing Regulatory Reform Tests the Limits of Reconciliation

The House Judiciary Committee's 2025 budget reconciliation proposal includes aggressive regulatory reforms, specifically a version of the REINS Act, which would require all existing agency regulations to be approved by Congress within five years or face automatic sunsetting. The document asserts that these measures expand congressional veto power over agency rules, destabilize regulatory frameworks, and violate the Byrd Rule because they are not primarily budgetary.

• The 2025 budget reconciliation proposal from the House Judiciary Committee includes a version of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, which mandates that all current agency regulations be approved by Congress within five years or they will automatically sunset.
• The proposed legislation seeks to significantly increase the veto power of Congress regarding agency rules, which the document claims challenges traditional checks and balances and the constitutional separation of power.
• The briefing contends that the regulatory reform framework violates the Byrd Rule because the provisions are not primarily budgetary, despite being placed in a reconciliation bill.

APA

Sarinsky, J. A. M. (2025). Destabilizing Regulatory Reform Tests the Limits of Reconciliation. Institute for Policy Integrity. https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/destabilizing-regulatory-reform-tests-the-limits-of-reconciliation

Chicago

Sarinsky, Jessie Arnell, Max. Destabilizing Regulatory Reform Tests the Limits of Reconciliation. Institute for Policy Integrity, 2025. https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/destabilizing-regulatory-reform-tests-the-limits-of-reconciliation.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sarinsky2025destabilizing, author = {Sarinsky, Jessie Arnell, Max}, title = {{Destabilizing Regulatory Reform Tests the Limits of Reconciliation}}, institution = {Institute for Policy Integrity}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/destabilizing-regulatory-reform-tests-the-limits-of-reconciliation}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }