[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1460 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1460

To require the identification of certain persons who participated in a 
rule making in publications related to such rule making, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2017

   Mr. Young of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Hensarling) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the identification of certain persons who participated in a 
rule making in publications related to such rule making, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED PUBLICATIONS PERTAINING TO RULE MAKINGS.

    Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(f) For all publications in the Federal Register pertaining to 
the rule, the agency shall include in such publication--
            ``(1) the name and title of officer or employee of the 
        agency who participated in the rule making, and each person 
        performing any work pertaining to the rule making under the 
        terms of a contract with the agency; and
            ``(2) the specific legal authority that authorizes the 
        agency to make the rule.''.
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