Regulation in the Trump Administration’s First Year

After being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, President Donald J. Trump moved to make a significant shift in federal regulatory policy. Having campaigned on a deregulatory agenda, he nominated key appointees to help him execute his agenda—such as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Neomi Rao. President Trump also signed a series of executive orders related to regulation. For example, Executive Order 13,771 requires agencies to eliminate two existing regulations for each new regulation they issue. Executive Order 13,777 directs agencies to establish “regulatory reform task forces” to examine and consider the repeal or modification of existing regulations. Other executive orders took aim at reforming particular fields of regulation. Executive Order 13,783, for example, ordered agencies to undertake a review of rules that may “burden the…

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