Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-6222
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-28
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives
Latest action: action_date: 2016-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill requires a federal agency to include in each publication in the Federal Register pertaining to a rule: (1) the specific legal authority for the rule, and (2) the name and title of each agency officer or employee who participated in the rule making and each person performing any work pertaining to the rule under an agency contract.</p> <p>Each such officer, employee, or person shall, during the the rule making period, file a report (which the agency shall make available online) of each financial transaction required to be reported by a person under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6222 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2016 Mr. Young of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to require publication of information pertaining to the persons participating in the rule making, and on the basis on which the rule is made, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2016 . 2. Required publications pertaining to rule makings Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) For all publications in the Federal Register pertaining to the rule, the agency shall include in such publication— (1) the name and title of officer or employee of the agency who participated in the rule making, and each person performing any work pertaining to the rule making under the terms of a contract with the agency; and (2) the specific legal authority that authorizes the agency to make the rule. (g) Each person whose name and title is published pursuant to subsection (f)(1), shall, during the period in which the rule making was ongoing, file a report (which the agency shall make available online) of each transaction required to be reported by a person under section 103(l) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to the same extent and in the same manner as such a person. .