Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2015
Latest action · Jun 25, 2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 135.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Requires the general notice of proposed rule making by a federal agency to include the Internet address of a plain-language summary, not exceeding 100 words, of the proposed rule, which shall be posted on the regulations.gov website.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2015 to Jun 11, 2015; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 3, 2015 |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Mar 13, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | May 20, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Jun 11, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 3, 2015Markup Mar 24, 2015Reported Jun 25, 2015 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2015Discharged Mar 23, 2015 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2015Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-183.
- Jun 25, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 135.
- Mar 24, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 24, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 23, 2015Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Discharged.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 6, 2015H.R. 690, Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 18, February 3, 2015, page H757.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 77 | Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 5, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2015Reported in House
- Feb 3, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
