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1 S. 395, Providing Accountability through Transparency Act of 2019 1 (March 1, 2019)

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~   Congressional Budget Office
     Cost   Estimate


March 1, 2019


S. 395 would require agencies to post an internet address link to a 100-word maximum summary of any
proposed rule published in the Federal Register that would take the reader to the concise summary
posted on regulations.gov. The June 1, 1998, Presidential Memorandum on Plain Language and
Executive Order 13563 already require agencies to use plain language in all proposed and final rules.
CBO  expects that preparing the short summary of proposed rules under S. 395 would not significantly
increase agencies' administrative costs. CBO estimates that implementing S. 395 would have no
significant cost over the next five years.

Enacting S. 395 could affect direct spending by some agencies (such as the Tennessee Valley Authority)
because they are authorized to use receipts from the sale of goods, fees, and other collections to cover
their operating costs. Because most of those agencies can adjust the amounts collected as operating costs
change, CBO  estimates that any net changes in direct spending by those agencies would be negligible.

The CBO  staff contact for this estimate is David Hughes. This estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel
Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.


               See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/publication/54437;
How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www~cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/42904.

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