HR357-118

Reported

To require the head of an agency to issue and sign any rule issued by that agency, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jan 13, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the head of an agency to issue and sign any rule issued by that agency, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Immigration, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HBC2829ECD76B4149831F8467E2C4D19B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act.
  • Section H3BA826B4FB6C4D6A94C9D28C06F2AA42: 2. Rulemaking requirements Except as provided in paragraph (3), any rule promulgated under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall be issued and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the head of an agency to issue and sign any rule issued by that agency, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Immigration, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, To require the head of an agency to issue and sign any rule issued by that agency, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Immigration Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 29, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Norman, Ms. Mace, Mr. Cloud, …

Nov 29, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Jan 13, 2023

Mr. Cline (for himself, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Perry, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
4 mentions across 3 clauses
-4 negative

Federal regulatory agencies, OIRA

Cross-Industry
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Regulated industries

2/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Immigration Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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