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Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024

Introduced: March 5, 2024 Introduced by: Higgins, Clay Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.
Dec 17, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-306.
Nov 20, 2024
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 7, 2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 6, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 6, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2844-2845)
May 6, 2024
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2844-2845)
May 6, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7528.
May 6, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2844-2846)
May 6, 2024
Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 7, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 9.
Mar 7, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 5, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Mar 5, 2024
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 determine whether comments 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 indicate the number of mass comments submitted that were identical or substantively 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 Accountability Office must report on the identification and effect of computer-generated comments in the rulemaking process. 

What's happening now December 17, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.

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