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Inside the 2026 Unified Agenda: A Deregulatory Roadmap for the Year Ahead 

The federal government just released the 2026 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, its twice-yearly roadmap of the rules agencies plan to propose, finalize, or withdraw. This edition catalogs 3,954 planned actions across 76 agencies, and…

July 7, 2026

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Key figures

3,954
planned regulatory actions
76
agencies with entries
40%
designated deregulatory

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