The 2026 Unified Agenda lists 3,954 federal regulatory actions—the highest total since 2012—even as the administration frames it as part of its deregulation drive.
Of those entries, 2,518 are active rulemakings, up from 2,098 last year, and 345 are economically significant rules with at least $100 million in impact, many tied to rescissions, withdrawals and other streamlining moves.
Final rulemaking still appears subdued: 1,519 final rules have been published so far in the Federal Register, keeping 2026 on pace for one of the lowest annual totals on record.
The agenda also shows 628 completed actions and 808 long-term items, while the administration cites $1.5 trillion in expected regulatory savings but provides little supporting detail.
The release suggests Trump’s one-in, ten-out campaign is continuing through rollback-oriented rulemaking, though the agenda’s once-a-year timing and persistent conventional rule pipeline show limits to the deconstruction effort.