US SB196 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-10 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-10 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requires that any (1) report or other recorded information required to be submitted to Congress by an agency and any response from an agency to a request by a congressional office shall only be transmitted in an acceptable electronic format; and (2) structured data included in or with, or used to create any chart included in or with, any report or recorded information shall be transmitted in such format. Agencies must publish these reports and associated data on their public websites.
Title
Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2019
Sponsors
| Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH] | Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH] | Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] | Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND] |
| Sen. James Lankford [R-OK] | Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT] | Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA] | Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL] |
| Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-10 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68. |
| 2019-04-10 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-32. |
| 2019-02-13 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| 2019-01-19 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
Subjects
Congressional oversight
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Legislative rules and procedure
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Legislative rules and procedure
