117 S522 IS: Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021 U.S. Senate 2021-03-02 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.

II 117th CONGRESS1st Session S. 522 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 2 (legislative day, March 1), 2021 Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Johnson) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 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.

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Short title

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

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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)..