14 regulations reversed

Labor Reversed: Required companies seeking significant federal contracts to disclose violations of labor standards. More →

Environment/energy Reversed: Limited the way mines dump debris when clearing earth in order to prevent the destruction of area streams. More → The regulation would have protected an estimated 6,000 miles of streams and 52,000 acres of forests over the next two decades.

Health Reversed: Barred states from withholding federal family-planning funds from Planned Parenthood affiliates and other health clinics that provide abortions. More →

Gun control Reversed: Required the Social Security Administration to turn over to the Department of Justice information on individuals with disabling mental illnesses — about 75,000 a year — to include in a registry of those not allowed to buy a gun. More → Gun rights groups and others said it unfairly assumed those with mental illness have a tendency toward violence.

Environment/energy Reversed: Required oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments in exchange for access to drilling or mining rights. More → The rule was part of an effort to prevent corruption in foreign countries. The industry argued it would put American oil and gas companies at a competitive disadvantage.

Labor Reversed: Set federal limits on state-based drug testing of people seeking unemployment insurance benefits. More → The repeal clears the way for the expansion of drug testing of anyone applying for jobless benefits.

Environment/energy Reversed: Revised the way the federal government conducts land-use planning on 245 million acres controlled by the Bureau of Land Management. More → Critics said the rule would make energy development difficult and give the federal government too much power.

Environment/energy Reversed: Tightened restrictions on efforts by state officials to allow hunting of certain animals, like wolves and grizzly bears,​ on some Alaskan federal wildlife refuges. More → Backers of the rule said it prohibited inhumane hunting methods used to reduce predator populations.​ State officials argued that the rule too broadly blocked the hunting of predators, making it harder for Alaska to raise its populations of moose and caribou, which are more coveted by hunters.

Education Reversed: Told school districts how to rate their schools. More → The regulations pushed states to weight student achievement measures, like test scores and graduation rates, more heavily than other factors in labeling schools as underperforming.​ Critics said the rules were too aggressive and far-reaching.

Education Reversed: Created regulations on collecting data on the quality of teacher preparation programs. More →

Labor Reversed: Changed rules by which states may establish I.R.A.-based payroll-deduction programs for private-sector workers whose employers do not offer a retirement plan. More →

Labor Reversed: Changed rules by which local governments may establish I.R.A.-based payroll-deduction programs for private-sector workers whose employers do not offer a retirement plan. More →

Labor Reversed: Clarified that employers have a continuing obligation to maintain accurate records of serious workplace injuries and illnesses for up to five years. More →