With the signature of a landmark executive order establishing a regulatory budget in the U.S., and the goal of $0 net regulatory costs for the remainder of the fiscal year, regulatory modernization is front-and-center in domestic policy. Congress has also pledged to significantly reform the administrative state and has already repealed several last-minute regulations from President Obama under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

The chart below tracks the progress of regulatory modernization during the Trump Administration. Every CRA measure signed into law and all rulemakings that reduce paperwork hours or costs will be available below (and updated weekly). This reflects data from 2017 onward and all figures are from benefit-costs analyses provided by federal agencies, available at RegRodeo.com. To date, Congress and the administration have repealed regulations with an estimated $4.1 billion in total net present value costs and 44.7 million hours of paperwork. The paperwork figures are annual and the net present value figure represents the total cost during the life of the rule, according to the regulation’s regulatory impact analysis. Some rules estimate a rulemaking horizon over 30 years, but for others, only the initial first-year cost is provided. For rulemaking actions that only partially repeal past regulations, AAF uses the deregulatory rulemaking’s estimates (rather than the original regulation’s estimates). The annual cost savings from CRA resolutions is $1.1 billion. The potential annual cost savings for all rulemakings below equals $21.8 billion. Combined with further executive actions and formal delays, the amount of affected regulation could rise to $71.6 billion (net present value) and more than 64 million hours of paperwork.

Completed Actions

Regulation	Cost	Paperwork Hours	Action
SNAP: Eligibility, Certification	-$286 million	-40,531,435	Rulemaking
Alternative Pilot Examination	-$42.4 million		Rulemaking
Gas Order Number 1	-$7 million	29,400	Rulemaking
Paperwork Reduction Amendments		-1,385	Rulemaking
Amendments to Capital Plans		-110,378	Rulemaking
Fiduciary Delay	-$78 million		Rulemaking
Market Stabilization			Rulemaking
Delay of Menu Labeling Rule	-$8 million		Rulemaking
Temporary Lodging	-$1.99 million		Rulemaking
Labeling Relief; Formaldehyde Emission Standards			Rulemaking
Error Rate Measurement Programs in Response to the Affordable Care Act	-$8.4 million	174,730	Rulemaking
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System	-$2.6 million	-36,879	Rulemaking
Resource Extraction Issuers	-$1.29 billion	-217,408	CRA Resolution
Coal Mining Rule	-$1.2 billion	-218,457	CRA Resolution
Contractor Blacklisting Rule	-$872 million	-2,171,320	CRA Resolution
NICS Improvement Amendments Act			CRA Resolution
Resource Management Planning		-1,965	CRA Resolution
Teacher Preparation Issues	-$278 million	-732,289	CRA Resolution
Accountability and State Plans	-$73 million	-936,451	CRA Resolution
Drug Testing of Unemployment Applicants			CRA Resolution
Non-subsistence Take of Wildlife			CRA Resolution
Accurate Records of Recordable Injuries			CRA Resolution
Protecting the Privacy of Customers			CRA Resolution
Saving Arrangements from Subdivisions			CRA Resolution
Compliance with Title X Requirements	-$0.02 million		CRA Resolution
Saving Arrangements by States			CRA Resolution
Updated Totals: $4.1 billion in total cost reductions and -44,784,760 hours

Executive Actions 

In addition, this project will track executive actions seeking regulatory rescissions and formal delays from the administration’s regulatory moratorium. The tables below will provide an ongoing tally of the original cost and paperwork estimates for both categories.

Regulation	Cost	Paperwork Hours	Action
Fiduciary Rule	$31.5 billion	56,833	Review
Clean Power Plan	$11.9 billion	821,000	Review
CAFE: 2022-2025	$4.2 billion	5,667	Review
Natural Gas Flaring on Public Lands	$1.8 billion	82,170	Review
Fracking Emissions Standards	$890 million	98,438	Review
“Waters of the United States”	$463 million		Review
Fracking Standards on Federal Lands	$50 million	50,758	Review
Federal Plan for Greenhouse Gases	$1.7 million	17,133	Review
New Sources of Greenhouse Gases	$0.06 million	651	Review
Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights		7,056	Review
Management of Oil and Gas Rights		18,122	Review
Gainful Employment	$4.3 billion	6,925,627	Review
Totals: $55.1 billion in affected costs and potentially -8,083,455 hours

Notable Rule Delays

Regulation	Cost	Paperwork Hours	Delay
Requirements for Vehicle Operators	$3.6 billion	59,030	June 5, 2017
Conditions for Home Health Agencies	$1.3 billion	4,462,805	January 13, 2018
Packers and Stockyards Rule	$937 million		October 19, 2017
Exposure to Beryllium	$630 million	196,894	May 20, 2017
Organic Livestock Practices	$370 million	132,078	November 14, 2017
Working in Metal and Nonmetal Mines	$345 million	222,519	October 2, 2017
Confidentiality of Patient Records	$241 million	457,482	March 21, 2017
Risk Management Programs under CAA	$131 million	1,778,244	June 19, 2017
Formaldehyde Emission Standards	$105 million	1,500,000	Withdrawn
Minimum Sound for Hybrids	$42 million	42	September 5, 2017
Proposed Poultry Grower Ranking Systems	$34 million		March 24, 2017
Certification of Pesticide Applicators	$31 million	1,853,118	June 5, 2017
Construction of Residential Buildings	$13 million		September 30, 2017
Products Made from Tobacco	$2.8 million		March 19, 2018
Effluent Limitations Guidelines	$471 million		November 1, 2018
Performance Management Measures	$156 million	54,496	May 20, 2018
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills	$6 million	91,087	August 29, 2017
Ozone	$1.4 billion	339,930	October, 2018
Defense to Repayment	$9.8 million	109,351	July 1, 2018
Interior Methane Waste Rule	$1.8 billion	82,170	TBD
Oil and Gas Emission Standards	$890 million	98,438	September, 2019
Totals: $12.2 billion in affected costs and potentially -11,215,165 hours