Holding Agencies Accountable Act

Bill: 118-hr-6514
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2023-11-30
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6514 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 30, 2023 Mr. Alford (for himself, Mr. Meuser , and Mr. Finstad ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability , 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 require agencies to notify the Archivist of the date on which a final rule is submitted to Congress and the Government Accountability Office.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Holding Agencies Accountable Act . 2. Requirement to disclose date rule is submitted to Congress and GAO (a) In general Upon submission of a final rule to Congress and the Government Accountability Office, the head of the agency shall notify the Archivist of the date of such submission. The Archivist shall include such date in the Document Details of the rule published in the Federal Register. (b) Agency and rule defined In this section, the terms agency and rule have the meaning given those terms in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 3. Compliance with CUTGO No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act. Such Act shall be carried out using amounts otherwise appropriated to the head of the agency.