WASHINGTON. D.C. – U.S. Rep Blake Moore (R-UT) has proposed legislation into the 119th Congress to streamline the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to eliminate unnecessary and burdensome rules for American individuals and businesses.
“This bill takes a meaningful step toward identifying and eliminating duplicative and outdated regulations,” Moore explained after introducing the Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations Act of 2026 on Jan. 23.
As the name of the bill suggests, Moore is proposing turning an artificial intelligence tool loose on the monumental chore of identifying redundant and/or outdated regulations in the federal code.
Over the past 50 years, the Code of Federal Regulations has grown to nearly 200,000 pages, according to Moore’s staff in Washington. The ballooning U.S. Code has grown unsustainably huge and clearly reflects the need to use innovative tools to ensure that it contains fully effective, non-duplicative regulations.
Having always prioritized solution-first approaches to making our government more efficient, Moore is now suggesting that the federal government learn from the recent experience of the State of Ohio which is using AI tools to cut useless and burdensome rules out of its state code.
“We estimate that this tool is helping our experts streamline Ohio’s code by $44 million and 58,000 man hours,” according to Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH), who is sponsoring companion legislation in the U.S. Senate.
Husted said that the Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations Act of 2026 would give government a tool that helps to reduce waste, saves time and gives job creators and taxpayers a look at just how much Washington could do just by getting out of their way.
Specifically, the legislation proposed by Moore and Husted would require the Office of Management and Budget to create an annual process to identify redundant or outdated regulations in the U.S. Code using AI tools.
The artificial intelligence tool would then recommend those regulations for removal and refer them to the applicable federal agency for a decision.
The lawmakers are quick to emphasize that the AI tool will not replace federal bureaucrats or make automatic cuts in the code, but will instead work with officials to identify opportunities for streamlining.
“I look forward to working with my colleagues to pass this bill,” Moore added, “to advance a government that better serves the American people.”