Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1087
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2019-02-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

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Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><STRONG>Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2019</STRONG></p> <p>This bill requires the notice of a proposed rule by a federal agency to include the Internet address of a summary of the rule. The summary must be 100 words or fewer, written in plain language, and posted on regulations.gov.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1087 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2019 Mr. Luetkemeyer (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Holding , Mr. Huizenga , Mr. Riggleman , Mr. Arrington , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Chabot , Mr. Harris , and Mr. Ratcliffe ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require each agency, in providing notice of a rulemaking, to include a link to a 100-word plain language summary of the proposed rule.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2019 . 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 and inserting ; ; (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); .