S. 717, Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023

3.0.0 717 2025-05-27T14:15:51Z 2025-05-27T14:15:51Z Senate S S 2023-03-08 118 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2023-05-11T18:17:25Z Markup By 2023-03-29T14:45:20Z Referred To 2023-03-08T20:41:01Z S. Rept. 118-26 2023-05-11 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 66. Calendars 2023-05-11 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-26. Committee 2023-05-11 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-26. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2023-03-29 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2023-03-08 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-03-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2023-03-08 True 2023-04-17T18:36:00Z S. 717, Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59073 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 29, 2023 Government Operations and Politics Books and print media 2023-03-30T16:30:26Z Computers and information technology 2023-03-30T16:30:26Z Congressional oversight 2023-03-30T16:30:26Z Digital media 2023-03-30T16:30:25Z Government ethics and transparency, public corruption 2023-03-30T16:30:26Z Government information and archives 2023-03-30T16:30:26Z Internet, web applications, social media 2023-03-30T16:30:26Z Performance measurement 2023-03-30T16:30:26Z Public participation and lobbying 2023-03-30T16:30:26Z Government Operations and Politics 2023-03-22T19:31:31Z

00 2023-03-08 Introduced in Senate 2023-06-17T01:15:42Z Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 This bill requires the use of plain writing when the federal government provides information about benefits and services. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must rescind outdated guidance and issue new guidance for the creation, maintenance, and use of covered content at agencies. Covered content means any content that is necessary for obtaining a federal benefit or service or for filing taxes or that provides information about <ul> <li>such benefit or service;</li> <li>federal agency operations, policies, or guidance of material importance to, and posted publicly by, the agency;</li> <li>how to interact with or provide feedback to an agency regarding its operations, policies, or guidance; or</li> <li>how to navigate or interact with an agency website, digital service, or office.</li> </ul> The OMB must report not less frequently than every two years to Congress on this bill's implementation. The OMB shall make such reports available on a public website and maintain the reports as open government data assets. The bill incorporates plain writing requirements into statutory provisions pertaining to new websites and digital services.

25 2023-05-11 Reported to Senate 2023-09-06T19:05:40Z Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 This bill requires the use of plain writing when the federal government provides information about benefits and services. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must rescind outdated guidance and issue new guidance for the creation, maintenance, and use of covered content at agencies. Covered content means any content that is necessary for obtaining a federal benefit or service or for filing taxes or that provides information about <ul> <li>such benefit or service;</li> <li>federal agency operations, policies, or guidance of material importance to, and posted publicly by, the agency;</li> <li>how to interact with or provide feedback to an agency regarding its operations, policies, or guidance; or</li> <li>how to navigate or interact with an agency website, digital service, or office.</li> </ul> The OMB must report not less frequently than every two years to Congress on this bill's implementation. The OMB shall make such reports available on a public website and maintain the reports as open government data assets. The bill incorporates plain writing requirements into statutory provisions pertaining to new websites and digital services.

Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:22:23Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:41:56Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate 103 Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:40:21Z S Senate Reported to Senate RS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to improve plain writing and public experience, and for other purposes. 2023-03-21T02:13:49Z Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s717rs/xml/BILLS-118s717rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s717is/xml/BILLS-118s717is.xml 2023-05-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 66. 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.