S 522 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 21, 2021 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 2, 2021
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021

This bill requires the notice of a proposed rule by a federal agency to include the internet address of a summary of the rule. The summary must be 100 words or fewer, written in plain language, and posted on regulations.gov.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2021 to Jun 24, 2021, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalMar 2, 2021
D-AZKyrsten SinemaOriginalMar 2, 2021
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalMar 2, 2021
D-MIGary C. PetersMar 9, 2021
R-INMike BraunJun 24, 2021

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2021Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-25.
  2. Jun 21, 2021Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 79.
  3. Mar 17, 2021Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Mar 2, 2021Introduced in Senate
  5. Mar 2, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1507Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2021Identical billMay 18, 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2021Reported to Senate
  2. Mar 2, 2021Introduced in Senate

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