Congress at Work Act
This resolution requires Members and Committees of the House of Representatives to publish monthly reports online that contain specified information related to legislative activities.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 491 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 491
Requiring Members of the House of Representatives to post monthly
activity reports on their official public websites, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 9, 2023
Ms. Porter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on House Administration
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RESOLUTION
Requiring Members of the House of Representatives to post monthly
activity reports on their official public websites, and for other
purposes.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This resolution may be cited as the ``Congress at Work Act''.
SEC. 2. POSTING OF MONTHLY MEMBER ACTIVITY REPORTS.
(a) Requirement.--Each Member of the House of Representatives,
including each Delegate and Resident Commissioner to the Congress,
shall post on the Member's official public website a monthly activity
report which consists of the following information:
(1) Information on the Member's schedule during the month,
as described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b).
(2) Information on the Member's activity at committee
hearings and other meetings during the month, as described in
paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
(3) Information on the Member's voting record during the
month, as described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b).
(4) Information on the Member's legislative activity during
the month, as described in paragraph (4) of subsection (b).
(b) Description of Information Required.--
(1) Schedule.--The information described in this paragraph
is a description of the Member's schedule, including a list of
the meetings and events the Member actually attended which were
related to the Member's official and representational duties
and the names of the individuals and entities who attended
meetings with the Member.
(2) Committee activity.--The information described in this
paragraph is a record of the Member's attendance at hearings
and other meetings of each standing, special, and select
committee of the House on which the Member sits, together with
a record of how the Member voted on each recorded vote (if any)
taken at such meetings, presented in the form of a hyperlink to
the report posted by the committee under section 3.
(3) Voting record.--The information described in this
paragraph is a record of how the Member voted on each recorded
vote taken in the House or the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union, as follows:
(A) The number of the bill, resolution, joint
resolution, conference report, or amendment involved,
together with a hyperlink to the bill, resolution,
joint resolution, conference report, or amendment on
congress.gov.
(B) The roll call number of the recorded vote,
together with a hyperlink to the roll call number on
the site of the Office of the Clerk of the House.
(C) The date on which the vote was recorded.
(D) How the Member voted.
(E) A brief description of the bill, resolution,
joint resolution, conference report, or amendment
involved, or (if applicable) the short title of the
bill, resolution, joint resolution, or conference
report.
(4) Legislative activity.--The information described in
this paragraph is a description of each bill, resolution, and
joint resolution which the Member sponsored or cosponsored,
presented in the form of a single hyperlink through
congress.gov to all such bills, resolutions, and joint
resolution.
(c) Deadline.--A Member shall meet the requirements of this section
with respect to a month not later than the earlier of--
(1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or
(2) the last day of the Congress in which the month occurs.
SEC. 3. POSTING OF MEMBER ACTIVITY REPORTS BY COMMITTEES.
(a) Requirement.--Each standing, special, and select committee of
the House of Representatives shall post on its official public website
a monthly report on the attendance of the members of the committee at
the hearings and other meetings the committee holds during the month,
together with the votes cast by members at such meetings.
(b) Format of Report.--A committee shall post the report required
under subsection (a) in a searchable and downloadable format.
(c) Deadline.--A committee shall meet the requirements of this
section with respect to a month not later than the earlier of--
(1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or
(2) the last day of the Congress in which the month occurs.
SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.
(a) Promulgation of Regulations.--
(1) In general.--The Committee on House Administration
shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry
out this resolution, including regulations to enforce the
requirements of this resolution.
(2) Preventing disclosure of classified information.--In
promulgating regulations under this subsection, the Committee
shall ensure that the posting of information by a Member under
section 2 and the posting of reports by a committee under
section 3 does not result in the disclosure of classified
information.
(b) Information From CAO.--The Chief Administrative Officer shall
notify the Committee on House Administration if a Member or committee
fails to meet the applicable requirements of this resolution.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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