American Family Cost-of-Living Relief Act of 2026

Sponsor: Nancy Mace (Republican-SC)April 30, 2026

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Requires federal agencies to check how new rules would affect family budgets.

This bill would make federal agencies study how their proposed rules might increase costs for everyday families. If a rule would raise household costs by $50 or more a year, agencies generally couldn't put it into effect. This aims to give families more protection from new government costs.

What Would Change

Today, federal agencies are not legally required to analyze how their rules would affect household costs or to stop rules that would raise those costs. If this bill passes, agencies would have to study and publish these cost impacts for all proposed rules, and generally could not finalize rules that would increase a household's annual costs by $50 or more.

Key Provisions

Requires federal agencies to study how new rules would affect household costs, including for different income levels.
Requires agencies to share these cost studies with the public for feedback.
Blocks federal agencies from putting new rules into effect if they would raise household costs by $50 or more a year.
Allows exceptions for rules required by law or for national security and major disasters, but these emergency rules would only last one year.
Lets families take legal action if an agency doesn't follow these new cost analysis rules.
Requires the Office of Management and Budget to annually review major rules and suggest changes if they increase household costs.

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American Family Cost-of-Living Relief Act of 2026

What Would Change

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