I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7592 
To require certain agencies to impose extendable sunset dates on certain 
regulations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 17, 2026 
Mr. GOLDMAN of Texas (for himself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, 
and Mr. HARRIGAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require certain agencies to impose extendable sunset dates 
on certain regulations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Zero-Based Regulatory 
Budgeting to Unleash American Energy Act of 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS; STATUTORY IDENTIFICATION. 
In this Act: 
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(1) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 
agency’’ means each of the following: 
(A) The Department of Energy. 
(B) Each of the following offices within the 
Department of the Interior: 
(i) The Bureau of Land Management. 
(ii) The Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management. 
(iii) The Bureau of Safety and Envi-
ronmental Enforcement. 
(iv) The Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement. 
(C) The Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission. 
(2) COVERED
REGULATION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered regulation’’ means— 
(A) with respect to the Department of En-
ergy, any regulation promulgated by the De-
partment of Energy under or pursuant to— 
(i) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
(ii) the Energy Independence and Se-
curity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17001 et 
seq.); 
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(iii) the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13201 et seq.); 
(iv) the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 15801 et seq.); or 
(v) part B of title III of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6291 et seq.); 
(B) with respect to the Bureau of Land 
Management, any regulation promulgated by 
the Bureau of Land Management under or pur-
suant to— 
(i) the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801 et seq.); 
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.); or 
(iii) sections 2319 through 2344 of 
the Revised Statutes (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Mining Law of 1872’’) (30 U.S.C. 22 
et seq.); 
(C) with respect to the Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, any regulation promul-
gated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-
ment under or pursuant to— 
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(i) the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801 et seq.); or 
(ii) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); 
(D) with respect to the Bureau of Safety 
and Environmental Enforcement, any regula-
tion promulgated by the Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement under or pursuant 
to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); 
(E) with respect to the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, any reg-
ulation promulgated by the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under or 
pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et 
seq.); and 
(F) with respect to the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, any regulation promul-
gated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission under or pursuant to— 
(i) the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
791a et seq.); 
(ii) the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
717 et seq.); or 
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