# 119-s-1735: Permitting Transparency and Accountability Act

119-s-1735, Permitting Transparency and Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-20).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1735
- As of: 2026-08-20
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1735
- Congress: 119
- Title: Permitting Transparency and Accountability Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-20

## Summary

**Public-facing permitting transparency.** The Permitting Transparency and Accountability Act would impose a new public-facing transparency obligation on permitting processes.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Public permit status pages for applicants: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the head of each covered agency to publish a webpage showing the status of permit applications. You would see which review stages are complete and which remain. The page would list how many days each stage took and how many days the application has been at the cur…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-s-213: Main Street Tax Certainty Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1735 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1735)

## Related
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-401)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
- [119-s-213: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-213)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1735 (as of 2026-08-20).
