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US HB7592
Bill
Status
2/17/2026
Primary Sponsor
Craig Goldman
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and four Interior Department bureaus (Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement) to add expiration dates to all energy-related regulations
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Existing covered regulations must expire within 1 year after the bill's enactment; new regulations must expire within 5 years of taking effect, unless the agency determines the regulation has a net deregulatory effect
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Agencies may extend expiration dates by up to 5 years at a time, but only after providing public comment opportunity on costs and benefits and determining extension is warranted based on those comments
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Expired regulations automatically cease to have effect, cannot be enforced, and must be removed from the Code of Federal Regulations
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Applies to regulations promulgated under major energy statutes including the Atomic Energy Act, Energy Policy Acts of 1992 and 2005, Federal Power Act, Natural Gas Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and Mining Law of 1872
Legislative Description
Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy Act of 2026
Energy
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2/17/2026