Bill Sponsor
House Bill 7528
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024
Active
Active
Passed House on May 6, 2024
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 5, 2024
Latest Action
May 7, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
7528
Congress
118
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Louisiana
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on May 6, 2024
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2844-2845)
Summary

Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024

This bill establishes requirements with respect to the submission of mass comments and computer-generated comments in the federal rulemaking process.

Specifically, the bill requires federal agencies to verify, to the greatest extent possible at the time a public comment is submitted, whether the comment has been submitted by a human being.

An agency also must identify comments that are mass comments and may publish on the docket only a single representative copy of such comments or a single copy of one variation of mass comments that use standardized but not identical language. If the agency publishes only a single copy of a mass comment, the agency also must make available the number of mass comments submitted that were identical or substantially identical to the representative copy or variation that the agency published.

Additionally, each agency must establish a policy with respect to the posting and consideration of computer-generated comments and mass-comments during the agency's rulemaking process.

The Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance for implementing the requirements of this bill, and the Government Accountability Office must report on the identification and effect of computer-generated comments in the rulemaking process.

Text (3)
Actions (11)
05/07/2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
05/06/2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
05/06/2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
05/06/2024
Passed/agreed to in House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2844-2845)
05/06/2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7528.
05/06/2024
Considered under suspension of the rules.
05/06/2024
Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
03/07/2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 9.
03/07/2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
03/05/2024
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
03/05/2024
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
May 14, 2024 3:18:39 PM