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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7580 

To require the White House to maintain a publicly accessible website that 

includes a visitor’s log and salary and financial disclosure information 

for White House employees, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2020 

Mr. CICILLINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To require the White House to maintain a publicly accessible 

website that includes a visitor’s log and salary and financial disclosure information for White House employees, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘White House Open 

5 Data Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WHITE HOUSE VISITOR LOG AND EMPLOYEE INFOR2 MATION. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH.—Except as pro4 vided in subsection (b), not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Executive Office 

6 of the President shall make available on a publicly avail7 able website in an easily searchable and downloadable for8 mat the following information: 

9 (1) Visitor records for any location where the 

10 President or Vice President regularly conducts offi11 cial business, which shall— 

12 (A) include the name of each visitor, the 

13 name of each individual with whom the visitor 

14 met, and the purpose of the visit; and 

15 (B) shall be updated every 30 days. 

16 (2) The annual salary of each White House em17 ployee, which shall be updated quarterly. 

18 (3) The most recent financial disclosure state19 ment for each White House employee filed pursuant 

20 to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

21 App.), which shall be updated annually. 

22 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Except as provided in subsection 

23 (c)(3), the requirement described in subsection (a) does 

24 not apply to any visitor record that relates to— 

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1 sonal phone number of an individual, the name of an 

2 individual who is less than 18 years old, or a finan3 cial account number; 

4 (2) a law enforcement concern; 

5 (3) a national security threat; 

6 (4) the personal safety of an employee of the 

7 Executive Office of the President; or 

8 (5) personal visits that do not involve any offi9 cial or political business. 

10 (c) RECORDS WITHHELD.—With respect to a visitor 

11 record excepted under subsection (b), the Executive Office 

12 of the President shall— 

13 (1) disclose the number of records withheld 

14 every 30 days; 

15 (2) post any such excepted record on the 

16 website described under subsection (a) if the Execu17 tive Office of the President determines that the 

18 record is no longer subject to an exception described 

19 in subsection (b); and 

20 (3) notwithstanding subsection (b), post any 

21 reasonably segregable portion that is not covered by 

22 an exception described in subsection (b) of any such 

23 excepted record on the website described under sub24 section (a). 

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