[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 822 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 822

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2025

 Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Ms. Scholten) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
   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 2025'' or the ``POST IT 
Act of 2025''.

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 any 
        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.
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