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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3118
To require the disclosure of certain visitor access records.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 2021
Mr. QUIGLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Reform
A BILL
To require the disclosure of certain visitor access records.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Access to White House
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Visitor Logs Act’’.
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SEC. 2. IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFLUENTIAL VISITOR AC-
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CESS RECORDS.
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(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) COVERED LOCATION.—The term ‘‘covered
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location’’ means—
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(A) the White House;
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(B) the residence of the Vice President;
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and
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(C) any other location at which the Presi-
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dent or the Vice President regularly conducts
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official business.
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(2) COVERED
RECORDS.—The term ‘‘covered
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records’’ means information relating to a visit at a
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covered location, which shall include—
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(A) the name of each visitor at the covered
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location;
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(B) the name of each individual with whom
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each visitor described in subparagraph (A) met
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at the covered location; and
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(C) the purpose of the visit.
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(b) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in sub-
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section (c), not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act, the President shall establish and update,
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every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains
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covered records for the preceding 30-day period.
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(c) EXCEPTIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall not in-
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clude in the database established under subsection
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(b) any covered record—
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(A) the posting of which would implicate
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personal privacy or law enforcement concerns or
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threaten national security; or
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(B) relating to a purely personal guest at
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a covered location.
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(2) SENSITIVE MEETINGS.—With respect to a
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particularly sensitive meeting at a covered location,
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the President shall—
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(A) include the number of visitors at the
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covered location in the database established
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under subsection (b); and
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(B) post the applicable covered records in
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the database established under subsection (b)
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when the President determines that release of
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the covered records is no longer sensitive.
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