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Roundup: Federal transparency legislation in the 117th Congress (2021)

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April 7, 2021

Members of the 117th Congress have introduced a number of legislative proposals aiming to improve federal agency transparency, including the following selected proposals:

  • U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reintroduced the Guidance Out Of Darkness (GOOD) Act, which would require federal agencies to make their guidance documents publicly available online.
  • In a bipartisan effort, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) reintroduced the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act, which would require all federal agencies to publish their congressional budget justifications online.
  • In another bipartisan move, U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) joined cosponsors Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and James Risch (R-Idaho) to introduce the Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act, which would require agencies to provide a 100-word plain language summary of each proposed rule.
  • U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined bipartisan cosponsors Gary Peters (D-Mich.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Marsha Blackburn to introduce the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act, which would require the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit an annual report to Congress on regulatory projects that are behind schedule and/or over budget.
  • U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) along with bipartisan cosponsors Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced the Duplication Scoring Act, which would require the Comptroller General of the United States to review certain legislation in order to prevent duplication and overlap within federal programs.
  • U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) joined with U.S. Representative James Comer (R-Ky.) to introduce the Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act, which would require agencies to inform advisory committee members (including members of subcommittees and committees established by contractors) about ethics requirements and to share meeting minutes.
  • U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined with Senators Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to introduce the Open and Responsive Government Act, which would limit the exemption for certain trade secrets and commercial and financial information under the Freedom of Information Act.
  • U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senators Rick Scott (R-Florida), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) to reintroduce the Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act, which would create a review process to evaluate federal agency efficiency, justify their continued existence, and propose legislative recommendations for agencies.

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