HR4113-118

Introduced

To prohibit agencies from removing or altering public comments on their websites.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 14, 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 prohibit agencies from removing or altering public comments on their websites., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors 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, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HFF501DEFCE254C738EB5032E1F2D61D1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Altering Public Comments Act.
  • Section HFA4B0E68496B4706B008397BDA3AD2C8: 2. Prohibition from deleting public comments on agency websites An agency may not remove or alter any public comment submitted to or published on the website...

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 prohibit agencies from removing or altering public comments on their websites., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit agencies from removing or altering public comments on their websites., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 14, 2023

Mr. Donalds (for himself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Grothman, and Mr. …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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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