Continuing his efforts to shine light on regulations from the executive branch, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) introduced legislation that would require agencies to create a plain language summary of proposed rules to provide more transparency and clarity.

“Government agencies have a habit of creating long-winded and convoluted rules that, frankly, don’t make sense unless you are an expert in that field. My legislation would simply require agencies to create a short, plain language summary and a web link to make it accessible so that all Americans can easily find and understand the rules being proposed by the administration,” Luetkemeyer said.

The legislation, the “Providing Accountability through Transparency Act,” would require each government agency, in providing notice of a rule making, to include a link to a 100 word plain language summary of the proposed rule.