skip to main content

S. 577: Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2017

Call or Write Congress

React to this bill with an emoji

Save your opinion on this bill on a six-point scale from strongly oppose to strongly support

Add Note All Positions »
(About Ads | Hide These Ads)

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.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

Sponsor and status

Photo of sponsor James Lankford

James Lankford

Sponsor. Junior Senator for Oklahoma. Republican.

Thumbnail of bill text
Read Text »
Last Updated: Jun 28, 2017
Length: 4 pages
Introduced:

Mar 8, 2017

Status:

Ordered Reported on May 17, 2017

The committees assigned to this bill sent it to the House or Senate as a whole for consideration on May 17, 2017.

Prognosis:

4% chance of being enacted according to Skopos Labs (details)

History

Mar 8, 2017
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Read Text »

May 17, 2017
 
Ordered Reported

A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.

Read Updated Text » See Changes »

Jun 28, 2017
 
Reported by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

A committee issued a report on the bill, which often provides helpful explanatory background on the issue addressed by the bill and the bill's intentions.

Read Report »

Pending
 
Passed Senate (House next)

Pending
 
Passed House

Pending
 
Signed by the President

S. 577 is a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

How to cite this information.

We recommend the following MLA-formatted citation when using the information you see here in academic work:

“S. 577 — 115th Congress: Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2017.” www.GovTrack.us. 2017. September 24, 2018 <https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s577>

Where is this information from?

GovTrack automatically collects legislative information from a variety of governmental and non-governmental sources. This page is sourced primarily from Congress.gov, the official portal of the United States Congress. Congress.gov is generally updated one day after events occur, and so legislative activity shown here may be one day behind. Data via the congress project.