US Congress House Bill 995 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-14 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

(Sec. 2) requires executive agencies to submit information regarding settlement agreements to a public database. Specifically, an agency must submit information regarding any settlement agreement (including a consent decree) entered into by the agency related to an alleged violation of federal law. If an agency determines that information regarding an agreement must remain confidential to protect the public interest, the agency must publish an explanation of why the information is confidential.

Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2019

Rep. Gary Palmer [R-AL]

Rep. Nicholas Taylor [R-TX]

2019-02-13 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended RC# 84 (Y: 418 N: 0 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2019-02-13	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-02-13	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 418 - 0 (Roll no. 84). (text: 02/11/2019 CR H1500-1501)
2019-02-13	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1557)
2019-02-11	House	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Ms. Hill (CA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
2019-02-11	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 995.
2019-02-11	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1500-1502)
2019-02-11	House	Ms. Hill (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-02-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
2019-02-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/995/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr995/BILLS-116hr995ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr995/BILLS-116hr995eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201984