US Congress House Bill 1557 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-15 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Plain Regulations Act of 2013 - Requires the head of each executive agency to: (1) implement a program for using plain language in writing new and revised regulations, and (2) certify to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that each proposed or final rule is in plain language. Requires the Director to: (1) publish agency certifications of compliance with plain language requirements on OMB's website, and (2) return proposed agency regulations that fail to meet such requirements to be redrafted and resubmitted for approval. Denies jurisdiction to any court to review compliance or noncompliance with any provision of this Act.

Plain Regulations Act of 2013

Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]

Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]

Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]

Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-15	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2013-04-15	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-04-15	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB807 (Related) 2013-04-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1557/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1557/BILLS-113hr1557ih.pdf