Introduced in House

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 77 Introduced in House (IH)] 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 77 To require each agency, in providing notice of a rule making, to include a link to a 100 word plain language summary of the proposed rule. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2017 Mr. Luetkemeyer (for himself and Mr. Goodlatte) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require each agency, in providing notice of a rule making, to include a link to a 100 word plain language summary of the proposed rule. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO POST A 100 WORD SUMMARY TO REGULATIONS.GOV.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO POST A 100 WORD SUMMARY TO REGULATIONS.GOV.

Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--

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);''.