HR 7528 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024

Introduced 2024-03-05· Sponsored by Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.(2024-12-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024 This bill establishes requirements with respect to the submission of mass comments and computer-generated comments in the federal rulemaking process. Specifically, the bill requires federal agencies to verify, to the greatest extent possible at the time a public comment is submitted, whether the comment has been submitted by a human being. An agency also must identify comments that are mass comments and may publish on the docket only a single representative copy of such comments or a single copy of one variation of mass comments that use standardized but not identical language. If the agency publishes only a single copy of a mass comment, the agency also must make available the number of mass comments submitted that were identical or substantially identical to the representative copy or variation that the agency published. Additionally, each agency must establish a policy with respect to the posting and consideration of computer-generated comments and mass-comments during the agency's rulemaking process. The Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance for implementing the requirements of this bill, and the Government Accountabili…

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