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. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Congress at 

4 Work Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. POSTING OF MONTHLY MEMBER ACTIVITY RE6 PORTS. 

7 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Each Member of the House of 

8 Representatives, including each Delegate and Resident 

9 Commissioner to the Congress, shall post on the Member’s 


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1 official public website a monthly activity report which con2 sists of the following information: 

3 (1) Information on the Member’s schedule dur4 ing the month, as described in paragraph (1) of sub5 section (b). 

6 (2) Information on the Member’s activity at 

7 committee hearings and other meetings during the 

8 month, as described in paragraph (2) of subsection 

9 (b). 

10 (3) Information on the Member’s voting record 

11 during the month, as described in paragraph (3) of 

12 subsection (b). 

13 (4) Information on the Member’s legislative ac14 tivity during the month, as described in paragraph 

15 (4) of subsection (b). 

16 (b) DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION REQUIRED.— 

17 (1) SCHEDULE.—The information described in 

18 this paragraph is a description of the Member’s 

19 schedule, including a list of the meetings and events 

20 the Member actually attended which were related to 

21 the Member’s official and representational duties 

22 and the names of the individuals and entities who 

23 attended meetings with the Member. 

24 (2) COMMITTEE ACTIVITY.—The information 

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1 ber’s attendance at hearings and other meetings of 

2 each standing, special, and select committee of the 

3 House on which the Member sits, together with a 

4 record of how the Member voted on each recorded 

5 vote (if any) taken at such meetings, presented in 

6 the form of a hyperlink to the report posted by the 

7 committee under section 3. 

8 (3) VOTING RECORD.—The information de9 scribed in this paragraph is a record of how the 

10 Member voted on each recorded vote taken in the 

11 House or the Committee of the Whole House on the 

12 State of the Union, as follows: 

13 (A) The number of the bill, resolution, 

14 joint resolution, conference report, or amend15 ment involved, together with a hyperlink to the 

16 bill, resolution, joint resolution, conference re17 port, or amendment on congress.gov. 

18 (B) The roll call number of the recorded 

19 vote, together with a hyperlink to the roll call 

20 number on the site of the Office of the Clerk 

21 of the House. 

22 (C) The date on which the vote was re23 corded. 

24 (D) How the Member voted. 


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1 (E) A brief description of the bill, resolu2 tion, joint resolution, conference report, or 

3 amendment involved, or (if applicable) the short 

4 title of the bill, resolution, joint resolution, or 

5 conference report. 

6 (4) LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY.—The information 

7 described in this paragraph is a description of each 

8 bill, resolution, and joint resolution which the Mem9 ber sponsored or cosponsored, presented in the form 

10 of a single hyperlink through congress.gov to all 

11 such bills, resolutions, and joint resolution. 

12 (c) DEADLINE.—A Member shall meet the require13 ments of this section with respect to a month not later 

14 than the earlier of— 

15 (1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or 

16 (2) the last day of the Congress in which the 

17 month occurs. 

18 SEC. 3. POSTING OF MEMBER ACTIVITY REPORTS BY COM19 MITTEES. 

20 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Each standing, special, and se21 lect committee of the House of Representatives shall post 

22 on its official public website a monthly report on the at23 tendance of the members of the committee at the hearings 

24 and other meetings the committee holds during the month, 

25 together with the votes cast by members at such meetings. 


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1 (b) FORMAT OF REPORT.—A committee shall post 

2 the report required under subsection (a) in a searchable 

3 and downloadable format. 

4 (c) DEADLINE.—A committee shall meet the require5 ments of this section with respect to a month not later 

6 than the earlier of— 

7 (1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or 

8 (2) the last day of the Congress in which the 

9 month occurs. 

10 SEC. 4. REGULATIONS. 

11 (a) PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on House 

13 Administration shall promulgate such regulations as 

14 may be necessary to carry out this resolution, in15 cluding regulations to enforce the requirements of 

16 this resolution. 

17 (2) PREVENTING DISCLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED

18 INFORMATION.—In promulgating regulations under 

19 this subsection, the Committee shall ensure that the 

20 posting of information by a Member under section 2 

21 and the posting of reports by a committee under sec22 tion 3 does not result in the disclosure of classified 

23 information. 

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1 ministration if a Member or committee fails to meet the 

2 applicable requirements of this resolution. 

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