II Calendar No. 72 118THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION S. 111 [Report No. 118–28] 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY26, 2023 Mr. L ANKFORD(for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. RISCH, Mr. B RAUN, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern- mental Affairs M AY16, 2023 Reported by Mr. P ETERS, without amendment 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Account-4 ability Through Transparency Act of 2023’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:04 May 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S111.RS S111 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 111 RS SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO POST A 100-WORD SUMMARY TO 1 REGULATIONS.GOV. 2 Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 3 amended— 4 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 5 end; 6 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 7 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-9 lowing: 10 ‘‘(4) the Internet address of a summary of not 11 more than 100 words in length of the proposed rule, 12 in plain language, that shall be posted on the Inter-13 net website under section 206(d) of the E-Govern-14 ment Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) (commonly 15 known as regulations.gov).’’. 16 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:04 May 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S111.RS S111 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:04 May 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S111.RS S111 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 72 118 TH CONGRESS 1 ST S ESSION S. 111 [Report No. 118–28] 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. M AY 16, 2023 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:04 May 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S111.RS S111 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS