3.0.0 4809 2023-01-13T04:49:08Z 2023-01-13T04:49:08Z House H HR 2006-02-28 109 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Reported by 2006-09-14T22:15:12Z Markup by 2006-06-08T18:37:37Z Referred to 2006-02-28T19:03:25Z H. Rept. 109-660 2006-09-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00393 2006-09-14 Reported by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 109-660. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2006-09-14 Reported by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 109-660. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2006-06-08 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2006-06-08 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2006-02-28 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2006-02-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001150 Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] Candice Miller R MI S. 10 N L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 9 2006-02-28 True T000462 Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2006-04-25 False A000358 Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] W. AKIN R MO TODD 2 2006-05-24 False C000116 Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] CHRIS CANNON R UT 3 2006-05-25 False 2006-06-20T04:00:00Z H.R. 4809, Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/17880 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on June 8, 2006</p> 2006-06-20T04:00:00Z H.R. 4809, Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17880 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on June 8, 2006 Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Congress Congressional reporting requirements Employee training Federal employees Government paperwork Government regulation Labor and Employment Language arts Law Government Operations and Politics 00 2006-02-28 Introduced in House 2006-04-18T17:41:27Z Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require each federal agency to ensure that regulations are written in plain, understandable language consistent with the definition of "plain language" described in this Act, through: (1) designating an agency official as plain language coordinator; (2) establishing a process for reviewing each regulation to ensure its compliance with this amendment before publishing in the Federal register; (3) publishing guidelines to implement this amendment as specified; (4) training employees who write regulations to write in plain language; and (5) reporting to specified congressional committees annually for the first two years after enactment of this Act and once every three years thereafter on compliance with this amendment.

]]> 79 2006-09-14 Reported to House without amendment 2006-12-04T20:21:22Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require each federal agency to ensure that regulations are written in plain, understandable language consistent with the definition of "plain language" described in this Act, through: (1) designating an agency official as plain language coordinator; (2) establishing a process for reviewing each regulation to ensure its compliance with this amendment before publishing in the Federal register; (3) publishing guidelines to implement this amendment as specified; (4) training employees who write regulations to write in plain language; and (5) reporting to specified congressional committees annually for the first two years after enactment of this Act and once every three years thereafter on compliance with this amendment.

]]> Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006 Display Title Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act, to ensure usability and clarity of information disseminated by Federal agencies, and to facilitate compliance with Federal paperwork requirements. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006 Short Titles as Reported to House Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006 H House Reported in House 2006-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4809rh/xml/BILLS-109hr4809rh.xml Introduced in House 2006-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4809ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4809ih.xml 2006-09-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.