Free Press Act of 2019

Free Press Act of 2019

This bill requires the President or his designee, at least twice a week, to brief members of the press assigned to report on the White House on the official business of the President.

Each briefing shall be video recorded and transmitted to the public.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2641 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2641

 To require the President, or a designee of the President, to provide 
    frequent press briefings covering the official business of the 
               President to the White House press corps.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2019

  Mr. Himes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the President, or a designee of the President, to provide 
    frequent press briefings covering the official business of the 
               President to the White House press corps.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Free Press Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS.

    (a) Required Briefing.--Not less than 2 times per week, the 
President, or a designee of the President, shall brief the members of 
the press assigned to report on the White House on the official 
business of the President.
    (b) Transmission to the Public.--Each brief described under 
subsection (a) shall be recorded by video and transmitted to the 
public.
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