In committee
Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025
When federal agencies create new regulations or policy guidelines, they would be required to publicly release the underlying studies, data, and facts they relied on. The public would gain the right to review and comment on this evidence before rules take effect, as well as use an official process to challenge and seek corrections of inaccurate government data. If legal restrictions like privacy or copyright prevent an agency from publishing certain data, the agency must publicly explain why and tell the public how to request access from the owner.
People affected—The text specifies internal federal agency procedures and public docketing requirements rather than an enumerated population count.
Fiscal magnitude$0.0provisional · pending reviewSection 2(c) explicitly provides that no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Act; absorption costs within existing agency budgets are not determinable from the text.
Reach42provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- the publicGain public access to machine-readable factual data and citations used in federal rules and guidance, the right to comment on critical factual materials during rulemaking periods, and administrative processes to seek corrections of influential information.
Who it burdens
- federal agenciesMust update agency-specific information quality guidelines, publish critical factual data and source citations in open formats during rulemaking and guidance processes, maintain public correction mechanisms, and absorb compliance costs without additional authorized appropriations.
- Office of Management and BudgetMust update government-wide information quality guidelines and issue guidance instructing agencies on disclosing critical factual data within one year, without any newly authorized funds.