[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 109 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       PROVIDING ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2023

  A bill (S. 111) to require each agency, in providing notice of a 
rulemaking, to include a link to a 100-word plain language summary of 
the proposed rule, which had been reported from the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, was ordered to be engrossed 
for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                 S. 111

       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 Accountability 
     Through Transparency Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. 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).''.

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