Beating Biden’s Day One Freeze Sparks Stampede to Lock in Rules (1)

The rush to get last-minute regulations out before President-elect Joe Biden halts any rules not in place before his inauguration exacerbates a logjam at the federal government’s daily journal.

The stakes are high: Incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in late December that Biden will issue a memo effective on Inauguration Day to halt so-called “midnight regulations” that aren’t yet official. The process of rolling back already effective regulations generally requires either a time-consuming rulemaking effort in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act or, for more recently-issued rules, Congress to pass a resolution of disapproval under ...