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H.R. 6222 114th Congress House

Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require publication of information pertaining to the persons participating in the rule making, and on the basis on whi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require publication of information pertaining to the persons participating in the rule making, and on the basis on which the rule is made, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Oct 18, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Sep 28, 2016
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 28, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 18, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2016

This bill requires a federal agency to include in each publication in the Federal Register pertaining to a rule: (1) the specific legal authority for the rule, and (2) the name and title of each agency officer or employee who participated in the rule making and each person performing any work pertaining to the rule under an agency contract.

Each such officer, employee, or person shall, during the the rule making period, file a report (which the agency shall make available online) of each financial transaction required to be reported by a person under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6222: Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6222/
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"H.R. 6222: Regulatory Fingerprints Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6222/.
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H.R. 6222, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6222/.
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