United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2997 (113th)
One In, Two Out Act
Introduced
2 August 2013
Last action
13 September 2013 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Sponsors
Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10], Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25], WILLIAM THORNBERRY, Lynn Jenkins, K. Conaway, Tom Rice, Stevan Pearce, Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19], Paul Cook, Rep. Radel, Trey [R-FL-19], Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3], Billy Long, Tom Cotton, Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1], Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8], Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10], Doug LaMalfa, Susan Brooks, Kay Granger, Jim Bridenstine, Bill Posey, JOHN CULBERSON, Jason Chaffetz, Richard Hudson, Robert Wittman, Steve Scalise
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
One In, Two Out Act - Prohibits a federal agency from: (1) issuing a new rule unless such agency has repealed two or more existing rules that impose a cost or responsibility on a nongovernmental person or state or local government and that are, to the extent practicable, related to the new rule; or (2) issuing a major rule (generally, a rule that has an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more) unless such agency has repealed two or more rules that are related to such major rule and the cost of the new major rule is less than or equal to the cost of the rules being repealed. Requires any rule that is repealed to be published in the Federal Register.
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Timeline
2 August 2013
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
2 August 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 August 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 September 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 2 August 2013 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 August 2013
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 August 2013
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 2 August 2013
Sponsors
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] · R · Sponsor
- WILLIAM THORNBERRY · R · Sponsor
- Lynn Jenkins · R · Sponsor
- K. Conaway · R · Sponsor
- Tom Rice · R · Sponsor
- Stevan Pearce · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] · R · Sponsor
- Paul Cook · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Radel, Trey [R-FL-19] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Billy Long · R · Cosponsor
- Tom Cotton · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] · R · Cosponsor
- Doug LaMalfa · R · Cosponsor
- Susan Brooks · R · Cosponsor
- Kay Granger · R · Cosponsor
- Jim Bridenstine · R · Cosponsor
- Bill Posey · R · Cosponsor
- JOHN CULBERSON · R · Cosponsor
- Jason Chaffetz · R · Cosponsor
- Richard Hudson · R · Cosponsor
- Robert Wittman · R · Cosponsor
- Steve Scalise · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2997
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2997
- us · 113-hr-2997 · source updated 12 August 2025