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Committee advances Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act after debate on regulatory costs
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Summary
The Oversight Committee favorably reported HR 580, amending the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to require stronger regulatory impact analyses for certain rules; recorded vote: 23-19.
The committee voted to report HR 580, the Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025, which would strengthen requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) by requiring agencies to prepare regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and to publish initial assessments and receive public comment for major rules with significant economic impacts.
Chairman Comer said the bill would curb unfunded federal mandates imposed on states, localities, tribal governments and the private sector and highlighted testimony alleging substantial costs imposed by recent regulations. He described the bill as increasing stakeholder engagement and requiring benefit/cost and alternatives analyses for major rules.
Ranking Member Lynch opposed the bill, arguing that while transparency and participation should be improved, HR 580 would create additional burdens favoring well-funded corporate interests and overwhelm underrepresented voices that the Biden administration had sought to elevate in the rulemaking process.
The committee adopted the substitute amendment and ordered HR 580 favorably reported. The clerk reported the recorded vote: ayes 23, nays 19.
