Cedar Rapids Today

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) introduced the Red Tape Reduction Act to revive and codify five deregulatory executive orders to cut bureaucratic red tape and rein in heavy-handed government regulations. President Biden eliminated this deregulatory framework to grow the size of government without accountability.

“The Biden Administration has emboldened an unconstitutional fourth branch of government – a branch of unelected bureaucrats creating costly regulations and subverting the will of people to ram through an unpopular agenda. My Red Tape Reduction Act will revive five deregulatory executive orders, and ensure that for every one regulation issued by an Executive Department or agency, at least two are eliminated. When it comes to government regulation, we should be thinking about subtraction, not addition. This legislation is an important first step to increase transparency and eliminate bureaucracy.” - Congresswoman Ashley Hinson

Background:

The Red Tape Reduction Act will revive five deregulation executive orders:

Executive Order 13771 – Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs

For every one regulation issued by an Executive department or agency, at least two prior regulations must be eliminated.

Executive Order 13777 - Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda

Requires each agency to establish an official as its Regulatory Reform Officer (RRO) to oversee implementation of regulatory reform and evaluate existing regulations for job creation, effectiveness, and cost/benefit analyses.

Executive Order 13891 – Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents

Prohibits federal agencies from issuing binding rules through guidance documents without approval from Congress.

Executive Order 13892 – Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication

Requires agencies to be transparent by providing public and fair notice of any regulation an agency will be applying and enforcing, in order to prevent administrative abuses.

Executive Order 13893 – Increasing Government Accountability for Administrative Actions by Reinvigorating Administrative PAYGO

Requires agencies to find a way to cut spending when they put forward a proposal to increase spending.

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