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