Notify Public What Changes To Laws Agencies Want

This might be unrealistic, given the enduring "distrust between
legislative
and executive branches" noted in the text of this item, but-
    What if agencies published an occasional Federal register notice
describing changes
 it is seeking to its authorizing legislation?  Something like the
semi-annual Regulatory
Agenda, but describing amendments to laws the agency has had introduced or
is
seeking to introduce into Congress?
    My own agency has been trying to get a "consolidation" bill passed for
the last several Congresses.  It doesn't make many dramatic changes; it
mostly
rewrites some bad definitions and clarifies some vague or unrealistic
standards that
 were established over time by various laws.  I think it hasn't passed
mostly because
it's not very VISIBLE to our customers, or even to Congress.  (And due to
the
incredible Bureaucratic Waltz it takes to reintroduce the bill in each new
Congress, but that's another story.)
    Is it politically naive to suggest that agencies let some sunshine
fall on the traditionally
dark process by which they seek changes to statutes?  Would doing so
alienate Congress
and the Administration to a point that outweighs the benefits of giving
the effort to
change the laws more visibility?

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