The Trump administration on Friday laid out a sweeping deregulatory plan to eliminate over 700 rules across federal agencies.
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) released its 2026 regulatory plan which covered 702 deregulatory actions, an increase from 482 in the 2025 regulatory plan released by the Trump administration.
OIRA is part of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the agency indicated this year’s unified regulatory agenda aims to rollback rules impeding economic growth.
The 2026 regulatory plan includes a wide range of rules changes across federal agencies. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signaled it will reconsider Biden-era pollution standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles, as well as repealing carbon pollution standards that affect power plants powered by fossil fuels.
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) said that it will propose a new rule covering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that includes new requirements for retailers aimed at deterring fraud and abuse within the program.
USDA also plans to revise work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in SNAP, along with revising the definition of eligible foods within the program to align with the administration’s nutrition goals. Food safety inspections are also to be modernized under a proposed rule that would include the removal of outdated inspection procedures.