WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Rick Scott, Tom Cotton, Steve Daines, Mike Enzi, Josh Hawley, Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue and Thom Tillis introduced the Unnecessary Agency Regulations Reduction Act to reduce burdensome government regulations and create more efficiency by modifying, consolidating, or repealing outdated, duplicative or unnecessary agency regulations.

Senator Rick Scott said, “Throughout my time as Governor of Florida, we cut more than 5,200 burdensome regulations to get government out of the way so businesses could succeed. Our focus on reducing taxes and cutting regulations meant more than 1.7 million new jobs were created in our state. The Unnecessary Regulations Reduction Act helps bring Florida’s success to Washington by creating more efficiency in the federal government. We have to do everything we can to protect taxpayer dollars and rein in wasteful spending, and eliminating unnecessary regulations is an easy way to do that.”

The Unnecessary Agency Regulations Reduction Act creates a process to eliminate multiple regulations originating from any and all agencies in a joint resolution. It will require the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), on an annual basis, to submit a list of outdated, duplicative or burdensome agency regulations to modify, consolidate or repeal. The list of recommended regulations for consolidation, modification or repeal will be included in the President’s Unified Agenda. The list will then be transmitted to the relevant congressional committees to review and the final list of recommendations will be introduced as a joint resolution, which is eligible for expedited consideration in Congress.

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