Red Tape Tracker

How many federal rules the government writes: final rules, proposed rules and Federal Register pages by year and by administration, which agencies write the most, rules that repeal or delay earlier ones, and proposed rules open for public comment now.

Final rules in 20262,533Published through Nov 9
Same date in 20252,0672,441 in all of 2025
Proposed rules in 20261,537Published so far this year
Open for comment now169Proposed rules

Rules by year

Year President Final rules Proposed rules Pages of final rules Repeal or rescind Delay or postpone
2026 to Nov 9 Trump 2,533 1,537 21,823 66 15
2025 Trump (from Jan. 20) 2,441 1,498 18,392 102 26
2024 Biden 3,248 1,769 47,437 6 7
2023 Biden 3,018 2,102 28,644 10 10
2022 Biden 3,168 2,044 24,288 17 10
2021 Biden (from Jan. 20) 3,257 2,094 26,214 33 43
2020 Trump 3,352 2,149 34,803 21 8
2019 Trump 2,964 2,132 23,202 24 7
2018 Trump 3,368 2,097 20,968 25 5
2017 Trump (from Jan. 20) 3,281 1,837 21,564 6 42
2016 Obama 3,854 2,419 41,622 4 4

Final rules and proposed rules are the Federal Register's "Rule" and "Proposed Rule" documents published in the year; pages are the printed pages of those final rules. The last two columns count final rules whose titles say they repeal, rescind or revoke an earlier rule, or delay or postpone one; an action that does not say so in its title is not counted, and routine airspace and zone orders are left out. A count of rules is not a measure of their cost or burden, and a year that opens a new administration includes the outgoing one's January.

Final rules by administration

Administration Period Final rules Per year, average
Trump, first term Jan 20, 2017 to Jan 19, 2021 12,961 3,240
Biden Jan 20, 2021 to Jan 19, 2025 12,717 3,179
Trump, second term Jan 20, 2025 to today 4,746 2,630

Counted from the day each President took office (January 20). The second Trump term is counted through November 9, 2026.

Rules that repeal or delay others, 2026

The most recent titles in 2026 with "repeal", "rescind", "revoke", "delay" or "postpone" in them. Pick a year under "By agency" to see another.

Final rules by agency, 2026

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
# Agency Final rules
1 Transportation Department 679
2 Federal Aviation Administration 505
3 Homeland Security Department 390
4 Coast Guard 341
5 Environmental Protection Agency 254
6 Commerce Department 254
7 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 194
8 Health and Human Services Department 162
9 Treasury Department 109
10 Food and Drug Administration 104
11 Interior Department 77
12 Agriculture Department 72
13 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 72
14 Federal Communications Commission 66
15 Justice Department 62
16 Foreign Assets Control Office 54
17 Energy Department 40
18 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 39
19 Office of the Secretary 39
20 Labor Department 35
21 Personnel Management Office 35
22 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 32
23 Drug Enforcement Administration 31
24 Fish and Wildlife Service 31
25 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 28

The 25 agencies named on the most final rules. A rule issued by several agencies counts once for each, so the column adds to more than the year's total. Counts for the current year include the whole issue list up to the latest date fetched.

Proposed rules open for comment now

All regulations →

169 proposed rules in the data collected are open for comment; the ones closing soonest are listed. Comments are filed at regulations.gov.

Newest final rules

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Sources: Federal Register API (federalregister.gov), Regulations.gov. Updated November 9, 2026.

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