While it was quite the week for broader economic policy coming out of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, it was basically crickets on the regulatory policy side. There was only one rulemaking with measurable economic impacts that graced the pages of the Federal Register. Additionally, it was a much quieter than expected week in terms of Congressional Review Act (CRA) developments. Across all rulemakings, agencies published $2.7 million in total costs and had no changes to paperwork burden hours.

REGULATORY TOPLINES

• Proposed Rules: 25
• Final Rules: 44
• 2025 Total Pages: 14,862
• 2025 Final Rule Costs: -$76.6 billion
• 2025 Proposed Rule Costs: $181.3 billion

NOTABLE REGULATORY ACTIONS

As stated above, there was only one rulemaking with recordable economic impacts this week: a proposed airworthiness directive on certain Boeing 757 planes with $2.7 million in estimated costs.

TRACKING TRUMP 2.0

There was also rather subdued movement on the CRA front. The only CRA resolution that came out of Congress was H.J. Res 24 – which seeks to repeal a Biden-era set of energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers – passing on a 53-42 vote out of the Senate. This resolution marks the fourth one that has successfully passed through both chambers of Congress this term. Both it and H.J. Res 24 (passed during the preceding week) now await President Trump’s expected signature.

The House was set to take up a pair of resolutions addressing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules. Votes on those resolutions, however, were put on hold in light of an associated vote failing due to the dispute over a change in House rules regarding proxy voting.

Be sure to follow the American Action Forum’s (AAF) updated CRA tracker. As of today, members of the 119th Congress have introduced CRA resolutions of disapproval addressing 43 Biden-era rules that collectively involve $137.5 billion in compliance costs. AAF will continue to update this tracker as additional resolutions are introduced and receive votes on the floors of each chamber.

TOTAL BURDENS

Since January 1, the federal government has published $104.8 billion in total net costs (with $76.6 billion in cost savings from finalized rules) and 69.4 million hours of net annual paperwork cuts. (with 49 million hours coming from final rules).