1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2019”.
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2019
AN ACT
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” at the end;
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).”