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Treasury Releases Report Highlighting Regulatory Reform Accomplishments | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury Releases Report Highlighting Regulatory Reform
Accomplishments
April 24, 2018

Washington – The U.S. Treasury Department today released a report detailing its
accomplishments in support of the President’s regulatory reform agenda.
“Regulatory reform is a key component of the President’s plan to make American businesses
more competitive and create opportunities for hardworking Americans,” said U.S. Treasury
Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “I’m proud of the diligent work we have done at Treasury to
ensure that we have an e ective and e icient regulatory system. We will continue to ensure that
we identify and reduce outdated regulations. Reducing unnecessary burdens will lead to
increased economic growth, greater job creation, and a fundamentally stronger economy for
our country.”
The Department’s regulatory reform accomplishments include:
Eliminating, reducing, or proposing to eliminate more than 300 regulations in total,
including ine ective, unnecessary, or out-of-date “deadwood” regulations;
Reducing Treasury’s regulatory agenda by approximately 100 items, year-over-year, from
Fall 2016 to Fall 2017;
More than 250 specific Treasury recommendations to reform and reduce the burdens of
regulation in the U.S. domestic financial system;
Introducing zero new significant regulatory actions under Executive Order 13771.

View Regulatory Reform Accomplishments.

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