This bill requires energy and natural resources agencies to place expiration dates on their regulations in what's called "zero-based regulatory budgeting." Specifically, it affects the Department of Energy, Interior Department offices (Bureau of Land Management, Ocean Energy Management, Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and Surface Mining Reclamation), and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. All existing regulations must expire within one year of the law's enactment, while new regulations must expire within five years unless they have a net deregulatory effect. Agencies can extend expiration dates for up to five more years at a time, but only after providing public comment opportunities and determining that extension is warranted, though this requirement is waived for regulations that reduce regulations overall. Once an expiration date passes without extension, the regulation stops being enforced and must be removed from federal code.
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