1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2017”.
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2017
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.
2. Requirement to post a 100 word summary to regulations.gov
Section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (2) by striking “; and” and inserting “;”;
in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
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);”