S 148 · in committee · significant
RED TAPE Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- Federal agencies must assign dollar values to all factors in cost-benefit analyses of new rules.
- This affects all federal agencies and their ability to regulate environmental, health, and safety matters.
- The bill takes effect 30 days after enactment and allows courts to strike down rules that violate it.
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Started by Cosponsor
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How would requiring dollar values for all regulatory factors—like human health or environmental quality—change which rules agencies can justify adopting?
- 02
Which federal agencies' regulations would face the greatest challenges under this monetization requirement, and what current rules might be vulnerable?
- 03
What trade-offs exist between making regulatory decisions more transparent through quantified costs and benefits versus oversimplifying factors that are difficult to measure in dollars?
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Sponsor · R-IA
Joni Ernst
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Introduced 2025-11-19
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Legislative timeline
2025-11-19 · senate · Committee
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
2025-01-17 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-01-17 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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