Federal Bill of the Month: January – H.R. 7226 – Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations Act of 2026

H.R. 7226—the Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations Act of 2026—would bring some much-needed efficiency to the sprawling federal bureaucracy by directing regulators to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to identify existing unnecessary, outdated, and redundant rulemaking. This change would potentially save taxpayers billions of dollars in both compliance and administrative costs.

Introduced by Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah), the bill would require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, along with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to “implement a process for identifying redundant or outdated regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations using an artificial intelligence system.” The bill also requires strict standards for the adoption of AI technology in the bureaucratic process and will not replace the human decision-making or make automatic cuts. Simply, the system would identify burdensome regulations and refer it to the appropriate agency for review.

TPA wholeheartedly supports efforts to reduce the ever-increasing regulatory burden, which wastes taxpayer dollars on unneeded bureaucracy and stifles economic growth. This bill would be a welcome change of pace in a Washington where regulators move slow and redundant regulations accumulate. A more efficient bureaucratic process is long overdue.