Safeguarding U.S. Rulemaking Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill bars governments, nationals, and entities tied to foreign adversaries from participating in federal rulemakings or petitioning agencies under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Who Benefits and How
U.S. policymakers who want to limit foreign-adversary influence over administrative rulemaking could benefit from the new participation restriction.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Foreign-adversary governments, nationals, and entities would lose the ability to submit comments or petitions in covered federal administrative proceedings.
Key Provisions
- Amends the APA to make foreign-adversary governments, nationals, and entities ineligible to participate in rulemaking or petition agencies.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill bars governments, nationals, and entities tied to foreign adversaries from participating in federal rulemakings or petitioning agencies under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Key Policy Areas
Government Administration, National Security
Primary Purpose
This bill bars governments, nationals, and entities tied to foreign adversaries from participating in federal rulemakings or petitioning agencies under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal policymakers seeking tighter limits on foreign-adversary participation in rulemaking
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Foreign-adversary governments, nationals, and entities barred from filing comments and petitions under the APA
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Foreign-adversary governments, nationals, and entities seeking to submit comments or petitions in federal administrative proceedings
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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