Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2017”.
Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2017
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.
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.”