Presidential Executive Order on Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda

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It is the policy of the United States to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on the American people.

Within 60 days of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall designate an agency official as its Regulatory Reform Officer (RRO). Each RRO shall oversee the implementation of regulatory reform initiatives and policies to ensure that agencies effectively carry out regulatory reforms. Each agency shall establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force. Each Regulatory Reform Task Force shall evaluate existing and make recommendations to the agency head regarding their repeal, replacement, or modification. At a minimum, each Regulatory Reform Task Force shall attempt to identify regulations that:

  1. eliminate jobs, or inhibit job creation;
  2. are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective;
  3. impose costs that exceed benefits;
  4. create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with regulatory reform initiatives and policies;
  5. are inconsistent with the requirements of section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (44 U.S.C. 3516 note), or the guidance issued pursuant to that provision, in particular those regulations that rely in whole or in part on data, information, or methods that are not publicly available or that are insufficiently transparent to meet the standard for reproducibility; or
  6. derive from or implement Executive Orders or other Presidential directives that have been subsequently rescinded or substantially modified.

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