President gets sweeping power to gut federal agencies without Congress

What it does

This bill expands the President's power to reorganize federal agencies and operations without requiring congressional approval. It adds new grounds for reorganization—including eliminating operations deemed unnecessary, reducing federal employees, amending regulations to lower compliance costs, and eliminating operations deemed not to serve the public interest—and extends the President's reorganization authority through December 31, 2026. The bill does not require Congress to vote on or approve any specific reorganization the President proposes.

Why we flagged it

The bill's core function is to grant the President broad, largely unchecked authority to reorganize, downsize, and deregulate federal agencies. While framed as 'efficient reorganization,' the operative language ('unnecessary,' 'do not serve the public interest,' 'burdensome rules') is deliberately vague and grants sweeping discretion without requiring congressional approval or public justification.

What the text implies

• The phrase 'operations determined to be unnecessary for the execution of constitutional duties' is undefined and could be used to eliminate entire agencies (EPA, OSHA, SEC, etc.) on the theory that they exceed constitutional scope—a radical reinterpretation of executive power that bypasses Congress.
• The 'reduce the number of Federal employees' provision, combined with 'eliminate unnecessary and burdensome rules,' creates a two-pronged attack on regulatory enforcement: fewer staff + fewer rules = dramatically weakened agency capacity to enforce environmental, labor, financial, and consumer protections.
• The bill strips Congress of its traditional role in agency creation, elimination, and major restructuring. Once delegated, the President's reorganization authority is nearly unreviewable—Congress would need to pass new legislation to undo changes, a high bar.
• The 'do not serve the public interest' standard is subjective and unilateral. The President alone decides what serves the public interest; no independent review, no public comment period, no congressional veto.
• Reorganizations can be used to eliminate inspector general offices, consolidate enforcement divisions, or bury inconvenient regulatory functions inside larger agencies—all without transparency or public debate.

Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.

Who it affects

The bill concentrates executive power to unilaterally restructure, downsize, and deregulate federal agencies with minimal congressional oversight or public input. Citizens lose the ability to challenge reorganizations through normal legislative process, and broad language like 'operations determined to be unnecessary' and 'do not serve the public interest' gives the President sweeping discretion to eliminate programs, reduce workforce, and weaken regulatory enforcement without transparent justif

Who stands to gain

• industries subject to federal regulation (energy, finance, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, telecommuni
• large corporations seeking reduced compliance costs and regulatory oversight
• private contractors potentially hired to replace federal functions

Named in the bill

President of the United States, Executive Branch, Federal Agencies, Congress, Government Accountability Office, Comptroller General, EPA, OSHA, SEC, Federal Trade Commission

Where it stands

19 cosponsors: 19 Republicans.

• Feb 13, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Rules and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for…”
• Mar 25, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Mar 25, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 20”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

2 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $211,250 in lobbying spend. A filing names 20 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.

More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.

James Comer, the sponsor, reported $486,900 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.

• Southern Environmental Law Center — $200,000 on 2 filings
• Job Creators Network — $11,250 on 2 filings

Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.