Congress at Work Act

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 491 Requiring Members of the House of Representatives to post monthly activity reports on their official public websites, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 9, 2023 Ms. PORTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration RESOLUTION Requiring Members of the House of Representatives to post monthly activity reports on their official public websites, and for other purposes. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Congress at 3 Work Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. POSTING OF MONTHLY MEMBER ACTIVITY RE- 5 PORTS. 6 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Each Member of the House of 7 Representatives, including each Delegate and Resident 8 Commissioner to the Congress, shall post on the Member’s 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR491.IH HR491 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 491 IH official public website a monthly activity report which con- 1 sists of the following information: 2 (1) Information on the Member’s schedule dur- 3 ing the month, as described in paragraph (1) of sub- 4 section (b). 5 (2) Information on the Member’s activity at 6 committee hearings and other meetings during the 7 month, as described in paragraph (2) of subsection 8 (b). 9 (3) Information on the Member’s voting record 10 during the month, as described in paragraph (3) of 11 subsection (b). 12 (4) Information on the Member’s legislative ac- 13 tivity during the month, as described in paragraph 14 (4) of subsection (b). 15 (b) DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION REQUIRED.— 16 (1) SCHEDULE.—The information described in 17 this paragraph is a description of the Member’s 18 schedule, including a list of the meetings and events 19 the Member actually attended which were related to 20 the Member’s official and representational duties 21 and the names of the individuals and entities who 22 attended meetings with the Member. 23 (2) COMMITTEE ACTIVITY.—The information 24 described in this paragraph is a record of the Mem- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR491.IH HR491 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 491 IH ber’s attendance at hearings and other meetings of 1 each standing, special, and select committee of the 2 House on which the Member sits, together with a 3 record of how the Member voted on each recorded 4 vote (if any) taken at such meetings, presented in 5 the form of a hyperlink to the report posted by the 6 committee under section 3. 7 (3) VOTING RECORD.—The information de- 8 scribed in this paragraph is a record of how the 9 Member voted on each recorded vote taken in the 10 House or the Committee of the Whole House on the 11 State of the Union, as follows: 12 (A) The number of the bill, resolution, 13 joint resolution, conference report, or amend- 14 ment involved, together with a hyperlink to the 15 bill, resolution, joint resolution, conference re- 16 port, or amendment on congress.gov. 17 (B) The roll call number of the recorded 18 vote, together with a hyperlink to the roll call 19 number on the site of the Office of the Clerk 20 of the House. 21 (C) The date on which the vote was re- 22 corded. 23 (D) How the Member voted. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR491.IH HR491 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HRES 491 IH (E) A brief description of the bill, resolu- 1 tion, joint resolution, conference report, or 2 amendment involved, or (if applicable) the short 3 title of the bill, resolution, joint resolution, or 4 conference report. 5 (4) LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY.—The information 6 described in this paragraph is a description of each 7 bill, resolution, and joint resolution which the Mem- 8 ber sponsored or cosponsored, presented in the form 9 of a single hyperlink through congress.gov to all 10 such bills, resolutions, and joint resolution. 11 (c) DEADLINE.—A Member shall meet the require- 12 ments of this section with respect to a month not later 13 than the earlier of— 14 (1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or 15 (2) the last day of the Congress in which the 16 month occurs. 17 SEC. 3. POSTING OF MEMBER ACTIVITY REPORTS BY COM- 18 MITTEES. 19 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Each standing, special, and se- 20 lect committee of the House of Representatives shall post 21 on its official public website a monthly report on the at- 22 tendance of the members of the committee at the hearings 23 and other meetings the committee holds during the month, 24 together with the votes cast by members at such meetings. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR491.IH HR491 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HRES 491 IH (b) FORMAT OF REPORT.—A committee shall post 1 the report required under subsection (a) in a searchable 2 and downloadable format. 3 (c) DEADLINE.—A committee shall meet the require- 4 ments of this section with respect to a month not later 5 than the earlier of— 6 (1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or 7 (2) the last day of the Congress in which the 8 month occurs. 9 SEC. 4. REGULATIONS. 10 (a) PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS.— 11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on House 12 Administration shall promulgate such regulations as 13 may be necessary to carry out this resolution, in- 14 cluding regulations to enforce the requirements of 15 this resolution. 16 (2) PREVENTING DISCLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED 17 INFORMATION.—In promulgating regulations under 18 this subsection, the Committee shall ensure that the 19 posting of information by a Member under section 2 20 and the posting of reports by a committee under sec- 21 tion 3 does not result in the disclosure of classified 22 information. 23 (b) INFORMATION FROM CAO.—The Chief Adminis- 24 trative Officer shall notify the Committee on House Ad- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR491.IH HR491 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 6 •HRES 491 IH ministration if a Member or committee fails to meet the 1 applicable requirements of this resolution. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Jun 10, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR491.IH HR491 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB