“A bill to require the use of artificial intelligence to review agency regulations, and for other purposes.”
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This section establishes definitions for terms used in the Act. It (1) defines "agency" as having the meaning given the term in 5 U.S.C. § 551 (i.e., each authority of the U.S. government, with specified exclusions such as Congress and the courts); (2) defines "artificial intelligence system" as a machine-based system that, for an explicit or implicit objective, infers how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments from the inputs it receives; (3) defines "redundant" as a regulation that duplicates, overlaps with, or serves the same purpose as another regulation such that its elimination would not result in a loss of essential information or regulatory function; (4) defines "regulation" as having the meaning given the term "rule" in 5 U.S.C. § 551 (i.e., an agency statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy); and (5) defines "outdated" as a regulation superseded by more recent legislation, technological advances, or regulatory developments, rendering it inapplicable or unenforceable.
This section directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to implement by 90 days after enactment—and annually thereafter—a process using an AI system meeting NIST standards for accuracy, transparency, accountability, and national security risk to identify redundant or outdated regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). OMB and NIST must review and revise the process and AI system at least once per fiscal year to ensure proper functioning and standards compliance. Identified regulations are referred to the promulgating agency, which must determine within 30 days whether redundant or outdated (final determination); agencies must then rescind redundant regulations or amend/rescind outdated ones within another 30 days, notwithstanding Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requirements. (Thus, agencies may expedite regulatory rescissions and amendments without notice-and-comment rulemaking.) Agencies must publish all determinations and brief explanations on their websites, with optional classified annexes to Congress.
This section establishes an additional exception to the notice-and-comment rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for a regulation determined to be redundant or outdated as part of the annual review of the Code of Federal Regulations under the Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations Act of 2025. (Thus, agencies may rescind or amend such regulations on an expedited basis without public notice and comment.)