Calendar No. 157
115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
[Report No. 115–120]
To require each agency, in providing notice of a rule making, to include a link to a 100 word plain language summary of the proposed rule.
March 8, 2017
Mr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
June 28, 2017
Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
[Insert the part printed in italic]
To require each agency, in providing notice of a rule making, to include a link to a 100 word plain language summary of the proposed rule.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. Requirement to post a 100 word summary to regulations.gov.
Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
“(4) the Internet address of a summary of not more than 100 words in length of the proposed rule, in plain language, that shall be posted on the Internet website under section 206(d) of the E-Government Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) (commonly known as regulations.gov).”.
Calendar No. 157 | |||||
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[Report No. 115–120] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To require each agency, in providing notice of a rule making, to include a link to a 100 word plain
language summary of the proposed rule. | |||||
June 28, 2017 | |||||
Reported with an amendment |