H.R. 6329: Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025

The Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025 aims to enhance the quality and transparency of information used by federal agencies when developing rules and guidelines. Below is a summary of the key provisions of the bill:

Purpose and General Provisions

The bill mandates that federal agencies must rely on the best available scientific, technical, demographic, economic, and statistical information when formulating rules and guidelines. It emphasizes the importance of data quality and seeks to ensure that any influential information is credible, objective, and useful.

Guideline Updates

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to update existing guidelines under the Information Quality Act within one year of the bill's enactment. These updates will provide:

• Policy and procedural guidance for federal agency heads to improve the quality and objectivity of influential information.
• Updated guidelines must also be posted on the OMB's website for public access.

Agency Responsibilities

Each federal agency must follow these guidelines by:

• Updating their own guidelines for utilizing the best available information when developing or issuing rules.
• Publishing updated guidelines on their respective websites.
• Ensuring administrative mechanisms are in place for correcting inaccuracies in the influential information they use.
• Reporting on complaints regarding the accuracy of the information used in their rulemaking processes.

Public Disclosure Requirements

The bill establishes that federal agencies must:

• Make key factual material available in rulemaking dockets or public administrative records.
• Provide access to citations and sources used in their rulemaking processes, ensuring that the public can see the basis for their decisions.
• Implement these disclosure requirements in a way that balances public access with legal limitations.

Format and Accessibility of Information

All critical factual material must be made available as open government data assets, enhancing transparency. However, there are exceptions to this requirement if certain legal limitations apply, in which case agencies must explain the restrictions on public access.

Definitions of Key Terms

To clarify its provisions, the bill defines:

• Evidence - as described in existing legal definitions.
• Influential information or evidence - information that significantly impacts public actions or private sector decisions.
• Information Quality Act - refers to the existing act that this bill amends.

Funding

The bill specifies that no additional federal funds will be allocated for its implementation, relying on existing budgetary appropriations for compliance with its provisions.

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