Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1507
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-02
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

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Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021</b></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 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1507 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2021 Mr. Luetkemeyer (for himself and Mr. Golden ) 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 2021 . 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). .