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HR 77 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Midnight Rules Relief Act

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In plain language: This bill allows Congress to overturn multiple federal agency regulations at the same time with a single vote, as long as those rules were issued during the final year of a president’s term. Under current law, lawmakers must review and vote down contested rules one by one. By allowing these regulations to be bundled together, an incoming Congress can more quickly repeal major environmental, business, labor, and consumer protection standards finalized by an outgoing administration.

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Issues

What this bill touches.

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

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Who it helps

  • CongressGains the legislative authority to bundle multiple federal agency regulations issued during the final year of a president's term into a single joint resolution of disapproval, allowing them to be overturned together rather than individually (Sec. 2(a) and 2(b)).provisional

Who it burdens

  • Federal regulatory agenciesRules submitted to Congress in the final year of a presidential term are subject to being invalidated en masse in a single disapproval resolution, stripping those regulations of legal force or effect (Sec. 2(a) and 2(b)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

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  1. Allows Congress to overturn multiple federal agency regulations at once using a single joint resolution of disapproval, provided the regulations were submitted during the final year of a president's term.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Establishes the required legislative text for multi-rule disapproval resolutions to declare that all listed regulations have no legal force or effect.

    Sec. 2(b)provisional

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The record

How members voted on Midnight Rules Relief Act.

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  • House · Feb 12, 2025 · YEA-AND-NAY

    On Passage · Passed

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  • House · Feb 12, 2025 · YEA-AND-NAY

    On Motion to Recommit · Failed

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Timeline

How it moved.

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  1. Feb 13, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Feb 12, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Feb 12, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)
  4. Feb 12, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)
  5. Feb 12, 2025On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 213 (Roll no. 40).
  6. Feb 12, 2025The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  7. Feb 12, 2025Ms. Jacobs moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H662)
  8. Feb 12, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  9. Feb 12, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 77.
  10. Feb 12, 2025Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 77 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.
  11. Feb 12, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 122. (consideration: CR H654-663)
  12. Feb 11, 2025Rule H. Res. 122 passed House.
  13. Feb 10, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 122 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 77 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.
  14. Jan 3, 2025Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  15. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  1. Feb 13, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Feb 12, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Feb 12, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)
  4. Feb 12, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)
  5. Feb 12, 2025On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 213 (Roll no. 40).
  6. Feb 11, 2025Rule H. Res. 122 passed House.
  7. Feb 10, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 122 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 77 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.
  8. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House

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Civic Herald. “Midnight Rules Relief Act (H.R. 77, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-77. Congress.gov record as of Jul 13, 2026.

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