US Congress House Bill 5116 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Introduced on April 28 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

FREE Act Freeing Responsible and Effective Exchanges Act This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to permit a bipartisan majority of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners to hold a nonpublic meeting to discuss official business if: (1) no votes or actions are taken, (2) each person at the meeting is an FTC commissioner or employee, and (3) an attorney from the FTC's Office of General Counsel is present. "Bipartisan majority" means a group of at least three commissioners that includes, for each political party of which any commissioner is a member, at least one commissioner who is a member of such political party and, if any commissioner has no political party affiliation, at least one unaffiliated commissioner. Within two business days after such a nonpublic meeting, the FTC must disclose on its website: (1) a list of persons who attended such meeting; and (2) a summary of discussed matters, except for matters that are classified or otherwise exempt from disclosure.

FREE Act Freeing Responsible and Effective Exchanges Act

Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2016-04-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2016-04-28	House	Introduced in House

HB5510 (Related) 2016-12-13 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 685.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5116/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5116/BILLS-114hr5116ih.pdf