Executive Order 14270: Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting (2025)

Government Record · President Donald J. Trump · April 9, 2025

President Trump, April 2025: ordered energy and environmental agencies to add expiration dates to their regulations, so rules end automatically unless the agency renews them.

each of the Covered Agencies shall issue a sunset rule, effective not later than September 30, 2025, that inserts a Conditional Sunset Date into each of their Covered Regulations

Sec. 4(a) (DCPD PDF)

President Trump, April 2025: ordered energy and environmental agencies to add expiration dates to their regulations, so rules end automatically unless the agency renews them.