The leader of the Senate's DOGE caucus has revealed that the cost-cutting group will now aim to slash pointless laws.

Sen. Joni Ernst has so far been working to quickly craft legislation that enables Elon Musk and Donald Trump's DOGE to effectively weed out government wasteful spending and abuse.

Now, the Republican from Iowa is introducing the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act to get rid of useless federal laws already approved by Congress.  

Her SCRUB Act would task DOGE with ending legislation that is found to be completely unnecessary. 

The bill would enshrine into law an executive order signed by Trump this week meant to review regulations that may be unconstitutional, or that unlawfully delegate legislative power to other government agencies. 

And there are a lot of laws that don't make sense, Ernst says. 

Her SCRUB Act would address laws like CFR §133.195(a)(1), which makes it a federal crime to sell 'Swiss cheese' that does not have holes in it. 

It would also impact 21 CFR §101.17(a)(1), which makes it a crime to sell food in spray cans without clearly labeling the container with a warning telling consumers not to spray the food in their eyes. 

The law known as 18 USC §1716(c) & USPS Publication 52 §§526.5 will also be examined.

It makes it a federal crime to mail living scorpions unless the box clearly is marked 'live scorpions' and is also within another box also labeled 'live scorpions.' 

Laws that qualify for DOGE's latest review must have been in place for at least 15 years; impose paperwork burdens; impose disproportionately high costs on small businesses; are excessively costly compared to modern alternatives; harm American business and several other niche criteria.