[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4668 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4668
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 29, 2023
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship
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AN ACT
To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and
Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to publish guidance
documents for certain rules, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Opportunities to Show
Transparency via Information Technology Act of 2023'' or the ``POST IT
Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF GUIDANCE ON OMBUDSMAN WEBSITE.
(a) Website Requirement.--Section 30 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657) is amended--
(1) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(3) to the extent practicable, hyperlinks for such
guidance that is designed to set forth policy on a statutory,
regulatory, or technical issue, or an interpretation of such
issue, for any rule for which an agency produces a small entity
compliance guide.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Protection of Confidential Information.--Subsection (e) does
not require the public availability of information that is exempt from
public disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code
(commonly known as the `Freedom of Information Act').''.
(b) Applicability.--Paragraph (3) of section 30(e) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657), as added by this section, shall apply
with respect to guidance on, or interpretation of, a rule for which an
agency produces a small entity compliance guide described under section
212(a)(1) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996 (5 U.S.C. 601 note) on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.
No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives November 28, 2023.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.