PRESIDENT TRUMP SLOWS REGULATORY ACTIVITY
February 6, 2025
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On January 20, 2025, President Trump began his second term by issuing a regulatory freeze across all executive departments and agencies which will allow new leadership an opportunity to assess recent regulatory activity. In addition to slowing rulemaking activity across the federal government and kickstarting President Trump’s deregulatory agenda, the freeze could hinder action undertaken by the Biden administration. Agencies are instructed to “consider postponing . . . the effective date for any rules that have been published in the Federal Register, or any rules that have been issued in any manner but have not taken effect” for a 60-day period after January 20, 2025. Since proposed rules do not have effective dates, agencies can withdraw proposed rulemaking at any time. It is currently unclear which Biden-era DOT regulations the Trump administration will target but many expect the Airline Passengers Rights and the above-mentioned Enhancing Transparency of Airline Ancillary Service Fees rulemakings to face uphill battles.
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