Zero-based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy

The order creates recurring reviews for a broad range of federal energy, mining, nuclear, environmental, wildlife, and appliance-efficiency rules, potentially ending rules that agencies do not affirmatively renew.

What the order does ​

• Requires covered agencies to issue sunset rules effective by September 30, 2025.
• Sets existing covered regulations to expire one year after the sunset rules take effect unless agencies extend them.
• Requires new covered regulations to carry expiration dates no more than five years in the future, with limited exemptions for net-deregulatory actions.
• Requires agencies to solicit public comment on a regulation’s costs and benefits before deciding whether to extend it.
• Allows repeated extensions, but each extension may last no more than five years.
• Bars enforcement of expired regulations and directs agencies to remove them from the Code of Federal Regulations when legally permitted.
• Requires the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to identify within 30 days which statutory authorities will be covered.
• Exempts regulatory permitting systems authorized by statute.
• Directs agency heads to coordinate implementation with their DOGE Team Leads and the Office of Management and Budget.

Who it affects ​

• Federal agencies regulating energy, nuclear power, mining, offshore development, public lands, wildlife, water, and appliance efficiency.
• Energy producers, utilities, nuclear operators, miners, manufacturers, and other entities subject to covered regulations.
• Members of the public who comment on whether covered regulations should remain in force.