S 164referred119th Congress

Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 21, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Government Operations and PoliticsLast action Jan 21, 2025Sponsor: Ron Johnson(R-WI)

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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Aug 6, 2026

What the bill does

Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025 This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term. Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.

Latest official action

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Lobbying Filings

$86.7M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Dec 12, 2024trade

Lloyd Doggett bought PPG

Jan 13, 2025trade

Julie Johnson sold PPG

Jan 21, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jan 24, 2025trade

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. bought K

Jan 27, 2025trade

Julie Johnson sold PPG

Mar 12, 2025trade

Lloyd Doggett bought PPG

Official Congressional Actions

Aug 6, 2026Committee

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Jan 21, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Jan 21, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION	CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION	$20.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	HCRINSBUD
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC	PPG INDUSTRIES, INC	$13.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	BUDDEFTAX
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	D	K	K	Buy	Jan 24, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	3d after	EVONIK CORPORATION	0 / 100
Julie Johnson	D

Conflict Summary

6 trades by 4 members of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on S 164. The average conflict score is 19%.

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (1 trade)Julie Johnson (2 trades)Lloyd Doggett (2 trades)Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (1 trade)

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.