SB111: Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023
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- Passed One Chamber (completed)
- Passed Both Chambers (completed)
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Summary
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.
Plain-language summary
This bill requires federal agencies to include a link to a 100-word plain-language summary whenever they announce a new proposed rule. A rule is a regulation or official policy that agencies create to carry out laws. The plain-language summary must explain what the rule does in simple terms that ordinary people can understand. The bill passed but the specific or chambers that passed it are not indicated in the available information.
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SB111: Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023
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Sponsors
James Lankford
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (5)
Kyrsten Sinema
Ron Johnson
James Risch
Mike Braun
Gary Peters