US Congress House Bill 3548 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-09-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

TRACE Act Transparency Requirements for Agency Conferences and Events Act This bill requires the head of a federal agency who is hosting a conference or sending an agency employee to a conference to submit to the relevant congressional committee, not later than 30 days before the conference, a report that includes: (1) an itemized statement of the cost of attending the conference, including the total cost; (2) the total cost to the agency hosting the conference; (3) the names of keynote speakers; (4) a list of conference attendees; (5) the location of the conference; (6) a summary of the purposes and goals of the conference; and (7) a conference itinerary. Defines "conference" as a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, training, or other event that involves travel for 50 or more attendees.

TRACE Act Transparency Requirements for Agency Conferences and Events Act

Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]

Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2015-09-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3548/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3548/BILLS-114hr3548ih.pdf