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[H.R. 4668 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 148
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4668

                          [Report No. 118-185]

   To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and 
   Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to publish guidance 
          documents for certain rules, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2023

 Mr. Molinaro (for himself and Ms. Scholten) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

                           September 1, 2023

    Additional sponsors: Mr. LaLota and Mr. Davis of North Carolina

                           September 1, 2023

    Reported from the Committee on Small Business; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]


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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and 
   Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to publish guidance 
          documents for certain rules, 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 ``Providing Opportunities to Show 
Transparency via Information Technology Act of 2023'' or the ``POST IT 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF GUIDANCE ON OMBUDSMAN WEBSITE.

    (a) Website Requirement.--Section 30 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) to the extent practicable, hyperlinks for such 
        guidance that is designed to set forth policy on a statutory, 
        regulatory, or technical issue, or an interpretation of such 
        issue, for any rule for which an agency produces a small entity 
        compliance guide.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Protection of Confidential Information.--Subsection (e) does 
not require the public availability of information that is exempt from 
public disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly known as the `Freedom of Information Act').''.
    (b) Applicability.--Paragraph (3) of section 30(e) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657), as added by this section, shall apply 
with respect to guidance on, or interpretation of, a rule for which an 
agency produces a small entity compliance guide described under section 
212(a)(1) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 
1996 (5 U.S.C. 601 note) on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.

    No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act or the amendments made by this Act. Such Act and 
amendments shall be carried out using amounts otherwise appropriated.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 148

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 4668

                          [Report No. 118-185]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and 
   Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to publish guidance 
          documents for certain rules, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 1, 2023

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed