US Congress House Bill 283 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Agency Conferences and Conventions Operating Under Necessary Transparency Act of 2013 or the ACCOUNT Act - Requires the head of a federal agency to: (1) approve in writing any conference costing more than $25,000, (2) approve such a conference only upon determining that it is necessary to the core mission of the agency, and (3) publish a summary on the agency website of the conference that includes the purpose and total cost of the conference and the cost per employee that attended the conference. Excludes conferences held entirely at a government facility.

ACCOUNT Act

Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]
Rep. Marlin Stutzman [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/283/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr283/BILLS-113hr283ih.pdf