What does Modern Action include in the message about S. 111?

The draft includes the bill number, your position, the reasons you selected, any personal context you add, and a direct ask such as voting yes, voting no, cosponsoring, opposing, or seeking changes.

Contact Congress about S. 111: Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023

Q: How do I support or oppose S. 111?

Choose support, opposition, or changes. Modern Action uses that stance, the bill context, and any reasons you choose to draft a message you can edit and send.

Q: Who should I contact about S. 111?

Modern Action routes the drafted message to your senators when that is the relevant target for this bill, using your address to confirm constituent status.

Federal agencies would have to give people a short, plain-English summary of each proposed rule. The summary would be 100 words or less and posted on Regulations.gov.

Modern Action explains legislation in plain English, helps you choose whether to support, oppose, or ask for changes, and drafts a message tied to the bill, your stance, and the elected officials who can act on it.

Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023 is a Senate bill in Congress.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects federal agencies and people who try to follow proposed federal rules. Agencies would have to write and post short plain-English summaries. Members of the public, small businesses, community groups, and other interested groups could use those summaries to decide whether a proposed rule matters to them.

Why this matters: Federal rule notices can be long, technical, and hard to understand. This bill would give people a short starting point before they decide whether to read the full proposal or submit a comment. It could make rulemaking easier to follow, but the bill alone does not show how much it would increase public participation.

Key provisions in S. 111

Changes the part of federal law that covers public notices for proposed rules. That law is section 553(b) of title 5 of the United States Code, part of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Requires each proposed rule notice to include a web link to a summary of that rule.
Requires the summary to use plain language and stay at 100 words or less.
Requires the summary to appear on Regulations.gov, the federal rulemaking website created under the E-Government Act of 2002.
Does not let agencies make new kinds of rules or block rules they can already make. It only changes notice and transparency requirements.

How Modern Action helps you take action on S. 111

You do not have to start with a blank letter. Modern Action turns the bill, your position, and the relevant congressional context into a message you can edit and send. The goal is to make contacting Congress clear, specific, and useful without forcing you to parse bill text or figure out the right office on your own.

Questions people ask about S. 111

What is S. 111?: Federal agencies would have to give people a short, plain-English summary of each proposed rule. The summary would be 100 words or less and posted on Regulations.gov.
How do I support or oppose S. 111?: Choose support, oppose, or ask for changes on Modern Action. The action flow drafts the message for you and keeps the wording tied to this bill.
Who should I contact about S. 111?: Modern Action uses your location to route the action to the congressional offices relevant to the bill and your representation.
Can Modern Action explain S. 111 before I act?: Yes. Modern Action gives you a plain-English summary, current status, and action context before you send anything.

Contact Congress about S. 111: Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023

Federal agencies would have to give people a short, plain-English summary of each proposed rule. The summary would be 100 words or less and posted on Regulations.gov.

Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023 is a Senate bill in Congress.

Key provisions in S. 111

Changes the part of federal law that covers public notices for proposed rules. That law is section 553(b) of title 5 of the United States Code, part of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Requires each proposed rule notice to include a web link to a summary of that rule.

Requires the summary to use plain language and stay at 100 words or less.

Requires the summary to appear on Regulations.gov, the federal rulemaking website created under the E-Government Act of 2002.

Does not let agencies make new kinds of rules or block rules they can already make. It only changes notice and transparency requirements.

How Modern Action helps you take action on S. 111

Questions people ask about S. 111

What is S. 111?

Federal agencies would have to give people a short, plain-English summary of each proposed rule. The summary would be 100 words or less and posted on Regulations.gov.

How do I support or oppose S. 111?

Choose support, oppose, or ask for changes on Modern Action. The action flow drafts the message for you and keeps the wording tied to this bill.

Who should I contact about S. 111?

Modern Action uses your location to route the action to the congressional offices relevant to the bill and your representation.

Can Modern Action explain S. 111 before I act?

Yes. Modern Action gives you a plain-English summary, current status, and action context before you send anything.