Executive Order Category Rationale

Justification

This executive order is fundamentally focused on reforming the regulatory process itself by establishing a "ten-for-one" rule requiring agencies to eliminate at least 10 existing regulations for each new regulation issued. The order explicitly states its purpose is to "significantly reduce the private expenditures required to comply with Federal regulations" and addresses "the ever-expanding morass of complicated Federal regulation." Section 3 mandates that "the total incremental cost of all new regulations, including repealed regulations, being finalized this year, shall be significantly less than zero," establishing a regulatory budget system. The order's primary mechanism is reforming how regulations are created, reviewed, and measured across all agencies, making this clearly a matter of regulatory reform and oversight rather than reform of government operations or any specific policy domain.

Secondary relevant categories

• Economic Prosperity & Development
• Fiscal Management & Accountability