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Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025

Introduced: January 21, 2025 Introduced by: Johnson, Ron Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

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Jan 21, 2025

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Jan 21, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025

This 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.

What's happening now January 21, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
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Lobbying activity 11

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC
for PPG INDUSTRIES, INC · Pennsylvania · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC
for PPG INDUSTRIES · Pennsylvania · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC
for EVONIK CORPORATION · New Jersey · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC
for AMERICAN COATINGS ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
MASON CONSULTING, LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS · New Jersey · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025
EARTHJUSTICE ACTION
for EARTHJUSTICE ACTION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025

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Cosponsors 6

Scott, Rick

Florida · Jan 22, 2025

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Jan 21, 2025

Lankford, James

Oklahoma · Jan 21, 2025

Lummis, Cynthia M.

Wyoming · Jan 21, 2025

Schmitt, Eric

Missouri · Jan 21, 2025

Sheehy, Tim

Montana · Jan 21, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 164: Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-164/

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"S. 164: Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-164/.

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S. 164, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-164/.

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