US HB1711 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 62-0)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
MAR-A-LAGO Act Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of: the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other location at which the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business (covered location); the name of each individual with whom the visitor met at the covered location; and the purpose of the visit. The President shall not include in the database any such record: (1) the posting of which would implicate personal privacy or law enforcement concerns or threaten national security, or (2) relating to a purely personal guest at a covered location. For a particularly sensitive meeting, the President shall: (1) include in the database the number of visitors at the covered location, and (2) post the applicable records in the database when their release is no longer sensitive.
Title
MAR-A-LAGO Act Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-03-23 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. |
2017-03-23 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB721 (Same As) 2017-03-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB1880 (Related) 2017-09-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1880 (Related) 2017-09-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1711/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1711/BILLS-115hr1711ih.pdf |