119-hr4770

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4770 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4770

 To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 
additional requirements for the periodic review of rules, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 25, 2025

Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small 
Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
 each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
 jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 
additional requirements for the periodic review of rules, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Evidence-based Standards 
for Thorough Accountability and Reassuring Tests--Securing Updated and 
Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely Act of 2025'' or the ``RESTART 
SUNSET Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERIODIC REVIEW OF RULES.

    (a) Periodic Review of Rules.--

Section 610 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``Within one 
 hundred and eighty days after the effective date of 
 this chapter, each agency shall publish in the Federal 
 Register a plan for the periodic review of the rules'' 
 and inserting ``Each agency shall periodically review 
 the rules'';
        (B) by striking the second sentence;
            (C) by striking ``The plan shall provide for the 
 review of all such agency rules existing on the 
 effective date of this chapter within ten years of that 
 date and for the review of such rules adopted after the 
 effective date of this chapter within ten years of the 
 publication of such rules as the final rule.'' and 
 inserting ``Each agency shall review all such agency 
 rules existing on the date of enactment of the RESTART 
 SUNSET Act of 2025 within ten years of that date and 
 review such rules adopted after the date of enactment 
 of the RESTART SUNSET Act of 2025 within 10 years of 
 the publication of such rules as the final rule.''; and
            (D) in subsection
            (c) , by adding at the end the 
 following: ``Each year, each agency shall publish in 
 the Federal Register a list of the rules which do not 
 have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
 number of small entities, and the basis for such 
 conclusion.''.

    (b) Judicial Review.--

Section 611

    (a) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (4) , by inserting ``except as provided in 
 paragraph

    (5) '' before ``the court shall order'';

    (2) by redesignating paragraph

    (5) as paragraph

    (6) ; and

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (4) the following:
 ``

    (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
 if the court finds that the agency failed to comply with 
 

section 610 with respect to a rule, the court shall enter an 
 order prohibiting enforcement of such rule.''.
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