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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 17 

Requiring all Members of Congress to publish a public schedule. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2023 

Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. KELLY) submitted the following concurrent 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

and Governmental Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Requiring all Members of Congress to publish a public 

schedule. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency 

5 in Congress Resolution of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC SCHEDULE. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘disclosure’’ has the meaning 

9 given that term in section 2302(a)(2) of title 5, 

10 United States Code; 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ has the 

2 meaning given that term in section 2106 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, except that such term does not 

4 include the Vice President; and 

5 (3) the term ‘‘public schedule’’ means the pub6 lic schedule of a Member of Congress required to be 

7 published under subsection (b)(1). 

8 (b) REQUIREMENT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the last day 

10 of each month, each Member of Congress shall pub11 lish a public schedule of the Member of Congress for 

12 the preceding month that includes the following: 

13 (A) A daily calendar of— 

14 (i) each hearing, meeting, or event at15 tended by the Member of Congress during 

16 the month, either in person or by tele17 conference or other electronic means, at 

18 which the Member of Congress appears in 

19 his or her official capacity; and 

20 (ii) the floor activity of the Member of 

21 Congress during the month. 

22 (B) For each meeting or event described in 

23 subparagraph (A), if known by the Member of 

24 Congress— 


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1 (i) a general description of the indi2 viduals, entities, or organizations partici3 pating in the meeting or event; or 

4 (ii) a general description of the meet5 ing or event. 

6 (2) EXCLUSIONS.—A public schedule is not re7 quired to include— 

8 (A) personal or campaign meetings or 

9 events; 

10 (B) meetings or events with congressional 

11 staff; or 

12 (C) meetings or events at which the Mem13 ber of Congress is not appearing in an official 

14 capacity. 

15 (c) INFORMATION NOT DISCLOSED.—A Member of 

16 Congress may determine to not disclose in a public sched17 ule the following information: 

18 (1) Any information— 

19 (A) that implicates personal privacy or law 

20 enforcement concerns; 

21 (B) that implicates the personal safety of 

22 congressional staff (including the time of the 

23 arrival or departure of congressional staff from 

24 their duty station); or 


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1 (C) the release or disclosure of which 

2 would cause a threat to national security inter3 ests or reveal information that is confidential or 

4 classified. 

5 (2) Information related to particularly sensitive 

6 meetings, including a meeting with an anonymous or 

7 confidential whistleblower. 

8 (d) AVAILABILITY.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each Congress and as 

10 required under subsection (b)(1), a Member of Con11 gress shall make each monthly public schedule of the 

12 Member of Congress publicly available on the 

13 website of the Member of Congress at least until the 

14 date that is 30 days after— 

15 (A) the last day of the Congress; or 

16 (B) in the case of a Member of Congress 

17 whose service as a Member of Congress ends 

18 before the last day of the Congress, the last day 

19 of such service. 

20 (e) ETHICS IMPLEMENTATION AND GUIDANCE.—The 

21 Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate and the Com22 mittee on Ethics of the House of Representatives— 

23 (1) shall have authority to implement this reso24 lution with respect to Members of Congress of the 

25 applicable House; and 


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1 (2) may issue guidance as needed to implement 

2 this resolution. 

3 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A Member of Congress shall 

4 make available the public schedule of the Member of Con5 gress in accordance with this section for each day on or 

6 after the date that is 180 days after the date of adoption 

7 of this resolution. 

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