Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Regulatory Review Improvement Act of 2026”.
Regulatory Review Improvement Act of 2026
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications to how agencies conduct periodic reviews of agency rules, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Changes to periodic review of rules
Section 610 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in the fourth sentence—
by striking “and for the review” and inserting “, for the review”; and
by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, and for the solicitation of public comments on whether each such final rule should remain in effect”; and
in the fifth sentence—
by inserting “that includes an explanation for the delay” after “in a statement”; and
by striking “by one year at a time for a total of not more than five years” and inserting “by not more than one year”;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (2), by inserting “, including any analyses or summaries conducted by the agency under subsection (c)” before the semicolon at the end;
in paragraph (4), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(6) the cost of compliance and the number of paperwork hours the rule has required since the rule took effect.”
in subsection (c)—
in the second sentence—
by striking “and the need for” and inserting “, the need for”; and
by inserting “, and an economic analysis of such rule,” after “such rule”; and
by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Before conducting a review under this section, each agency shall produce a qualitative and quantitative summary of such comments that includes an analysis of such comments by the agency.”.