Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021
This bill requires the notice of a proposed rule by a federal agency to include the internet address of a summary of the rule. The summary must be 100 words or fewer, written in plain language, and posted on regulations.gov.
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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Accountability Through 
Transparency Act of 2021''.

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

    Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (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).''.
                                                        Calendar No. 79

117th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 522

                          [Report No. 117-25]

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Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021
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.
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021
Sen. Lankford, James