New Administration Begins Reconsidering Rules With Publication Of "Claw Back" Memo

Consistent with past changes in presidential administrations, on President Trump's Inauguration Day, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus issued a "claw back" memo describing the process of reconsidering previously finalized regulations. Similar to memos issued by President Obama and President Bush, President Trump's claw back memo speaks to three specific groups of rules:

• For rules not yet published in the Federal Register, the memo requests the applicable federal agencies to review and approve the regulations before sending them for publication in the Federal Register.
• For rules sent to the Federal Register, but not yet published, the memo requests the applicable agencies to withdraw the rules.