“Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress is given 60 legislative days to disapprove a rule and receive the president’s signature, after which the rule goes into effect,”

13 Ways Trump Has Rolled Back Government Regulations in His First 100 Days

by Rachel del Guidice 

As President Donald Trump reaches his 100th day in the White House on April 29, he will have worked with Congress to rescind more regulations using the Congressional Review Act than any other president.

“We’re excited about what we’re doing so far. We’ve done more than that’s ever been done in the history of Congress with the CRA,” Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., told The Daily Signal in an interview, referring to the law called the Congressional Review Act.

The Congressional Review Act, the tool Trump and lawmakers are using to undo these regulations, allows Congress to repeal executive branch regulations in a certain window of time.

“Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress is given 60 legislative days to disapprove a rule and receive the president’s signature, after which the rule goes into effect,” Paul Larkin, a senior legal research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, wrote in a February report. The 60 days begins after Congress is notified that a rule has been finalized.

Once the House and Senate pass a joint resolution disapproving of a particular regulation, the president signs the measure.

Passed in 1996 in concert with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and then-Speaker Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America reform agenda, the Congressional Review Act is what the Congressional Research Service calls “an oversight tool that Congress may use to overturn a rule issued by a federal agency.”

The law also prevents agencies from creating similar rules with similar language.

Until this year, the law had been used successfully only once—in 2001, when Congress and President George W. Bush rescinded a regulation regarding workplace injuries promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration during the Clinton administration.

Here’s a look at 11 regulatory rollbacks Congress has passed and Trump has signed:

1. Regulations governing the coal mining industry (H.J. Res 41).

2. Regulations defining streams in the coal industry (H.J. Res 38).

3. Regulations restricting firearms for disabled citizens (H.J. Res 40).

4. A rule governing the government contracting process (H.J. Res. 37).

5. A rule covering public lands (H.J. Res. 44).

6. Reporting requirements regarding college teachers (H.J. Res. 58).

7. Regulations on state education programs (H.J. Res. 57).

8. Drug-testing requirements (H.J. Res 42).

9. Hunting regulations for wildlife preserves in Alaska (H.J. Res 69).

10. Internet privacy rule (S.J.Res. 34).

11. Rule for logging workplace injuries (H.J. 83).

12.  Rule preventing states from withholding funds from Planned Parenthood (H.J. Res 43).

13. Rule on retirement savings (H.J. Res 67).

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