Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the Office of Management and Budget to revise the guidelines for federal agencies regarding the dissemination of information or evidence.

Highlights:

• Requires the Office of Management and Budget to revise the guidelines for federal agencies with respect to the dissemination or use of influential information or evidence, which means information or evidence about which an agency can reasonably determine that reliance on or dissemination of has, or will have, a clear and substantial impact on important public actions, policies or statements, or on important private sector decisions (Sec. 2).

• Requires that the guidelines ensure that federal agencies rely on the best reasonably available influential information and evidence that is appropriate for the purpose when developing, issuing, or informing the public about the rules and guidance of the agency (Sec. 2).

• Requires an agency to publish the critical factual material relied on as part of the rulemaking or guidance development process, and a citation to any other source used to inform the rulemaking or guidance development process (Sec. 2).

• Requires an agency to provide certain opportunities for the public to comment on the critical factual material upon which the agency relied (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text