US Congress House Bill 736 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-9)
Status: Engrossed on July 18 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-07-18 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 154.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and maintain a publicly available online portal containing copies of all congressionally mandated reports. A federal agency must submit a congressionally mandated report and specified information about the report to the GPO between 30 and 45 calendar days after submission of the report to either chamber or to any congressional committee or subcommittee. Upon the written request of the chair of a congressional committee or subcommittee to the GPO, a report submitted to that committee or subcommittee shall not be submitted or published on the portal. Federally chartered corporations and the Government Accountability Office are excluded from the requirements of this bill. The Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance to federal agencies on the bill's requirement for agencies to submit copies of congressionally mandated reports and related information to the GPO.

Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Nicholas Taylor [R-TX]	Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-18	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 154.
2019-07-17	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-07-17	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5951-5952)
2019-07-17	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 736.
2019-07-17	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5951-5953)
2019-07-17	House	Mr. Rouda moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-01-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-01-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-01-23	House	Introduced in House

HB1 (Related) 2019-03-14 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
SB195 (Related) 2019-04-10 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 67.
HR172 (Similar To) 2019-03-06 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB1612 (Related) 2019-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
SB949 (Related) 2019-03-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB5150 (Related) 2019-12-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/736/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr736/BILLS-116hr736ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr736/BILLS-116hr736eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr736/BILLS-116hr736pcs.pdf