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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="418" measure-id="id119hr418" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-01-15" update-date="2025-05-01">
        <title>Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act</title>
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            <action-date>2025-01-15</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires, subject to a limited exception, that any agency rule promulgated under notice and comment procedures must be (1) initiated by a senior appointee (e.g., an individual who was appointed by the President or is a non-career member of the Senior Executive Service), and&nbsp;(2) issued and signed by an individual who was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.</p><p>The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs must issue guidance for agencies to implement this requirement.</p>]]></summary-text>
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