| 1 | + | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 2 | + | 1 |
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| 3 | + | STSESSION S. 111 |
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| 4 | + | AN ACT |
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| 5 | + | To require each agency, in providing notice of a rulemaking, |
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| 6 | + | to include a link to a 100-word plain language summary |
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| 7 | + | of the proposed rule. |
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| 8 | + | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 9 | + | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 |
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| 10 | + | †S 111 ES |
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| 11 | + | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 12 | + | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Account-2 |
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| 13 | + | ability Through Transparency Act of 2023’’. 3 |
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| 14 | + | SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO POST A 100-WORD SUMMARY TO 4 |
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| 15 | + | REGULATIONS.GOV. 5 |
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| 16 | + | Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 6 |
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| 17 | + | amended— 7 |
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| 18 | + | (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 8 |
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| 19 | + | end; 9 |
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| 20 | + | (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 10 |
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| 21 | + | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 11 |
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| 22 | + | (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-12 |
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| 23 | + | lowing: 13 |
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| 24 | + | ‘‘(4) the Internet address of a summary of not 14 |
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| 25 | + | more than 100 words in length of the proposed rule, 15 |
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| 26 | + | in plain language, that shall be posted on the Inter-16 |
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| 27 | + | net website under section 206(d) of the E-Govern-17 |
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| 28 | + | ment Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) (commonly 18 |
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| 29 | + | known as regulations.gov).’’. 19 |
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| 30 | + | Passed the Senate June 22, 2023. |
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| 31 | + | Attest: |
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| 32 | + | Secretary. 118 |
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| 33 | + | TH |
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| 34 | + | CONGRESS |
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| 38 | + | ESSION |
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| 9 | | - | To require each agency, in providing notice of a rulemaking, to include a link |
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| 10 | | - | to a 100-word plain language summary of the proposed rule. |
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| 11 | | - | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of |
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| 12 | | - | the United States of America in Congress assembled, |
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| 13 | | - | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. |
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| 14 | | - | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Accountability Through |
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| 15 | | - | Transparency Act of 2023’’. |
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| 16 | | - | SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO POST A 100-WORD SUMMARY TO REGULA- |
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| 17 | | - | TIONS.GOV. |
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| 18 | | - | Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— |
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| 19 | | - | (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; |
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| 20 | | - | (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end |
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| 21 | | - | and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and |
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| 22 | | - | (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: |
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| 23 | | - | ‘‘(4) the Internet address of a summary of not more than |
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| 24 | | - | 100 words in length of the proposed rule, in plain language, |
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| 25 | | - | that shall be posted on the Internet website under section |
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| 26 | | - | 206(d) of the E-Government Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) |
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| 27 | | - | (commonly known as regulations.gov).’’. |
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| 28 | | - | Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
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| 29 | | - | Vice President of the United States and |
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| 30 | | - | President of the Senate. |
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| 42 | + | To require each agency, in providing notice of a |
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| 43 | + | rulemaking, to include a link to a 100-word plain |
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| 44 | + | language summary of the proposed rule. |
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