IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 756 

Implementing the recommendations adopted by the Select Committee on the 

Modernization of Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2019 

Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. WOODALL, Ms. DELBENE, 

Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. POCAN, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. SCANLON, 

and Mr. TIMMONS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, for a 

period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Implementing the recommendations adopted by the Select 

Committee on the Modernization of Congress. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This resolution may be cited as 

4 the ‘‘Moving Our Democracy and Congressional Oper5 ations Towards Modernization Resolution’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this resolution is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—STREAMLINING AND REORGANIZING HUMAN 

RESOURCES 

Sec. 101. Centralized human resources program. 

Sec. 102. Reports on operation of Office of Diversity and Inclusion. 

Sec. 103. Examining feasibility of updating staff payroll system. 

Sec. 104. Examining feasibility of adjusting the statutory limitation on number 

of employees of Member offices. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING ORIENTATION FOR MEMBERS-ELECT AND 

PROVIDING IMPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS 

Sec. 201. Plan for providing pay and benefits to staff of new Members-elect. 

Sec. 202. Improving the orientation experience of new Members. 

Sec. 203. Exploring the feasibility of establishing a Congressional Leadership 

Academy. 

Sec. 204. Requiring annual cybersecurity training for Members and employees. 

TITLE III—MODERNIZING AND REVITALIZING TECHNOLOGY 

Sec. 301. Reforming House Information Resources. 

Sec. 302. Providing technologies to improve constituent engagement. 

Sec. 303. Streamlined approval process for outside technology vendors. 

Sec. 304. Enabling Member offices to beta test new technologies. 

Sec. 305. Creating single point of contact between House offices and HIR. 

Sec. 306. Improving Member feedback regarding outside vendors and HIR services. 

Sec. 307. Leveraging bulk purchasing power of the House. 

Sec. 308. Requiring Congressional Research Service to provide rapid response 

short fact sheets. 

Sec. 309. Establishing nonpartisan constituent engagement and services page 

on HouseNet. 

TITLE IV—MAKING THE HOUSE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL 

Sec. 401. Ensuring accessibility of House websites. 

Sec. 402. Close captioning of proceedings; captioning service for videos created 

by House offices. 

Sec. 403. Comprehensive review of accessibility of United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds. 

TITLE V—IMPROVING ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS AND 

PUBLICATIONS 

Sec. 501. Adopting standardized format for legislative documents. 

Sec. 502. Legislation comparison project. 

Sec. 503. Database of information on expiration of authorizations of programs. 

Sec. 504. Database of votes taken in committees. 

Sec. 505. Assignment of unique identifiers for reports filed by registered lobbyists. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this resolution, the following definitions apply: 

3 (1) The term ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’ 

4 means the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

5 of Representatives. 

6 (2) The term ‘‘Clerk’’ means the Clerk of the 

7 House of Representatives. 

8 (3) The term ‘‘HIR’’ means the Office of House 

9 Information Resources. 

10 (4) The term ‘‘Member’’ means a Member of 

11 the House of Representatives and a Delegate or 

12 Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

13 TITLE I—STREAMLINING AND 

14 REORGANIZING HUMAN RE15 SOURCES 

16 SEC. 101. CENTRALIZED HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAM. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PRO18 GRAM.—In order to improve recruitment and retention of 

19 a diverse workforce, develop best human resources prac20 tices, and take steps to improve competitive compensation 

21 and benefits for employees, the Chief Administrative Offi22 cer shall establish and operate a centralized human re23 sources program to assist Member, committee, and leader24 ship office staff. 


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1 (b) FEATURES OF PROGRAM.—The program estab2 lished under this section shall provide the following serv3 ices: 

4 (1) Developing a centralized repository of prac5 tices collected from internal and external sources 

6 that have proven to be successful in hiring, pro7 moting, and managing staff, updated from time to 

8 time. 

9 (2) Improving diversity recruitment by imple10 menting and promoting best practices for actively 

11 seeking out candidates of various backgrounds, expe12 riences, and talents, including through outreach to 

13 under-represented colleges and universities, commu14 nity colleges, historically Black colleges and univer15 sities, and organizations for individuals with disabil16 ities, and compiling a list of such candidates into the 

17 House re ́sume ́ portal. 

18 (3) Reevaluating current Member, committee, 

19 and leadership office employee benefits (including 

20 the evaluation of the capacity and costs of the 

21 House child care center and student loan repayment 

22 program) and submitting to the Committee on 

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1 ment and retention, exploring options such as 

2 telework, flex schedules, returnship programs, and 

3 sabbaticals. 

4 (4) Conducting a biennial staff survey as well 

5 as offering an optional exit survey to Member, com6 mittee, and leadership office staff. 

7 (5) Making improvements to the House re ́sume ́

8 bank, including making such bank into a user9 friendly, searchable portal through which Member, 

10 committee, and leadership offices can select a range 

11 of criteria to narrow down the candidate pool, and 

12 including ways to promote and publicize the exist13 ence and availability of such bank to internal and 

14 external users. 

15 (6) Improving and managing the House Va16 cancy Announcement and Placement Service. 

17 (7) Providing Members-elect with information 

18 on the full range of services offered to their staff in 

19 an easily understandable and organized format im20 mediately following the certification of their election 

21 results. 

22 (c) OPERATION OF PROGRAM.— 

23 (1) STAFF.—The Chief Administrative Officer 

24 shall designate a Deputy Chief Human Resources 

25 Officer who shall be responsible for the operation of 


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1 the program established under this section, using ex2 isting staff and resources of the Office of the Chief 

3 Administrative Officer. 

4 (2) LOCATION; AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES ON5 LINE.—The program shall be located in a physical 

6 location which is easily accessible to the offices using 

7 the resources of the program, and shall provide an 

8 online portal through which offices may obtain these 

9 services. 

10 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad11 ministration may issue regulations and take any other 

12 steps as may be required to carry out this section. 

13 SEC. 102. REPORTS ON OPERATION OF OFFICE OF DIVER14 SITY AND INCLUSION. 

15 In accordance with House Resolution 6, One Hun16 dred Sixteenth Congress, the Office of Diversity and Inclu17 sion of the House of Representatives shall submit the fol18 lowing plans and reports: 

19 (1) Not later than 60 days after the appoint20 ment of the Director of the Office, the Office shall 

21 submit to the Committee on House Administration 

22 an operational plan for the Office that shall include, 

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1 ties for staff of the Office which shall set forth a 

2 proposed maximum number of staff. 

3 (2) Not later than 90 days after submitting the 

4 operational plan under paragraph (1), the Office 

5 shall submit a diversity plan to the Committee on 

6 House Administration for the Committee’s review 

7 and approval, and shall include in the plan the fol8 lowing: 

9 (A) Policies to direct and guide House em10 ploying offices to recruit, hire, train, develop, 

11 advance, promote, and retain a diverse work12 force, consistent with applicable House rules, 

13 regulations, and law. 

14 (B) The development of a survey, in con15 sultation with the Committee on House Admin16 istration, to evaluate diversity in House employ17 ing offices. 

18 (C) A framework for the annual diversity 

19 report required under paragraph (3). 

20 (D) A proposal for the composition of an 

21 Advisory Council that shall, as necessary, in22 form the work of the Office. 

23 (E) Any additional components as deter24 mined by the Committee on House Administra25 tion. 


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1 (3) At the end of each session of Congress, the 

2 Office shall submit a House of Representatives di3 versity report to the Speaker, the majority leader 

4 and minority leader, the chair and ranking minority 

5 member of the Committee on House Administration, 

6 and the chair and ranking minority member of the 

7 Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the 

8 Committee on Appropriations. 

9 SEC. 103. EXAMINING FEASIBILITY OF UPDATING STAFF 

10 PAYROLL SYSTEM. 

11 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 

12 the date of adoption of this resolution, the Chief Adminis13 trative Officer and the Inspector General of the House of 

14 Representatives shall submit to the Committee on House 

15 Administration a report on the feasibility of updating the 

16 employee payroll system in order to address considerations 

17 of younger and lower-paid employees, as well as issues ex18 perienced generally by some employees regarding the cur19 rent monthly pay schedule. 

20 (b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under sub21 section (a) shall include the following: 

22 (1) The results of any employee surveys regard23 ing the desirability of changing the employee payroll 

24 system or providing both a monthly or bimonthly 

25 system. 


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1 (2) An analysis of any costs associated with 

2 making changes to the current employee payroll sys3 tem, including providing additional options for the 

4 schedule of payments. 

5 (3) An analysis of any impediments or concerns 

6 with making any changes to the current staff payroll 

7 system. 

8 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad9 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec10 ommendations made in the report required under sub11 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

12 to carry out this section. 

13 SEC. 104. EXAMINING FEASIBILITY OF ADJUSTING THE 

14 STATUTORY LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF EM15 PLOYEES OF MEMBER OFFICES. 

16 (a) REQUIREMENT.—The Chief Administrative Offi17 cer shall enter into a contract with an outside entity under 

18 which the entity shall work with the Chief Administrative 

19 Officer to prepare and submit a report examining the fea20 sibility of adjusting the statutory limitation established in 

21 1975 on the number of employees who may be employed 

22 in the office of a Member. 

23 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report described in 

24 subsection (a) shall include the following: 


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1 (1) Information regarding the size and demo2 graphic makeup of each congressional district, in3 cluding the number and coverage area of each dis4 trict office. 

5 (2) The average number of employees for each 

6 district office, including common tasks by position. 

7 (3) Recommendations regarding the optimal 

8 number of employees in both offices located in 

9 House office buildings and district offices to address 

10 common office workflows and constituent requests, 

11 including changes in technology that have occurred 

12 recently and are expected to occur in the near future 

13 that would have an effect on such number. 

14 (4) Recommendations regarding employee sala15 ries and costs, including recommendations for nec16 essary changes to the Members’ Representational Al17 lowance that would be necessary to carry out such 

18 recommendations. 

19 (c) DEADLINES.— 

20 (1) RECOMMENDATION OF CONTRACTORS.—Not 

21 later than 60 days after the date of adoption of this 

22 resolution, the Chief Administrative Officer shall 

23 identify for the Committee of House Administration 

24 a multiple number of entities who, in the judgement 


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1 of the Chief Administrative Officer, are capable of 

2 providing the report described in subsection (a). 

3 (2) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Under the con4 tract entered into pursuant to this section, the entity 

5 shall submit the report not later than 180 days after 

6 the signing of the contract. 

7 TITLE II—IMPROVING ORIENTA8 TION FOR MEMBERS-ELECT 

9 AND PROVIDING IMPROVED 

10 CONTINUING EDUCATION OP11 PORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS 

12 SEC. 201. PLAN FOR PROVIDING PAY AND BENEFITS TO 

13 STAFF OF NEW MEMBERS-ELECT. 

14 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

15 date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk of the 

16 House shall submit a report to the Committee on House 

17 Administration that includes— 

18 (1) a detailed plan for paying a salary and pro19 viding benefits for an individual to serve as an em20 ployee of a Member-elect during the period begin21 ning on the date on which the Member-elect is elect22 ed and ending on the date on which the Member23 elect takes the oath of office; 


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1 (2) a timeline for the implementation of the 

2 plan and a statement of the expected costs of such 

3 a plan (including one-time and ongoing costs); and 

4 (3) a description of any obstacles preventing the 

5 implementation of such a plan, including the need to 

6 make changes in law. 

7 (b) APPLICATION TO ONLY NEW MEMBERS.—The 

8 plan described in subsection (a) shall apply only with re9 spect to an individual serving as an employee of a Mem10 ber-elect who, at the time the Member-elect is elected, is 

11 not already serving as a Member. 

12 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad13 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec14 ommendations made in the report required under sub15 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

16 to carry out this section. 

17 SEC. 202. IMPROVING THE ORIENTATION EXPERIENCE OF 

18 NEW MEMBERS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In providing orientation services 

20 for new Members, including in-person courses and ses21 sions, the Committee on House Administration shall carry 

22 out the following: 

23 (1) The Committee shall work to ensure that 

24 orientation services are made available to all new 


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1 Members, including Members elected in a special 

2 election during a Congress. 

3 (2) The Committee shall work to ensure that 

4 courses on the Rules of the House, decorum and de5 bate, and other such courses on practices to promote 

6 civility and respect are made available to Members. 

7 (3) The Committee shall work to ensure that 

8 archived audio and visual recordings of orientation 

9 sessions are made available for reference. 

10 (4) The Committee shall work to provide a 

11 range of House training programs and support serv12 ices, including courses to promote civility and en13 courage decorum, for new Members and the senior 

14 staff of new Members throughout the Members’ first 

15 term. 

16 (5) To the extent the Committee considers ap17 propriate, the Committee shall examine the feasi18 bility of providing a ‘‘just in time’’ approach to ori19 entation sessions under which information is pro20 vided at the time at which it will be most useful to 

21 the Members. 

22 (b) PROVIDING SERVICES IN NONPARTISAN MAN23 NER.—To the greatest extent practicable, the Committee 

24 on House Administration shall ensure that the orientation 

25 services provided to new Members, including in-person 


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1 courses and sessions, are provided in a nonpartisan man2 ner. 

3 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad4 ministration may issue regulations or take any other steps 

5 as may be required to carry out this section. 

6 SEC. 203. EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING 

7 A CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 

8 (a) SURVEY OF MEMBERS.—The Chief Administra9 tive Officer shall conduct a survey of Members, in writing 

10 and electronically, to determine the level of interest in es11 tablishing a Congressional Leadership Academy to provide 

12 online and in-person continuing education opportunities 

13 that will promote professional development and institu14 tional training, including the feasibility of setting up a 

15 pilot program to establish such an Academy. 

16 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

17 of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Administrative 

18 Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on House 

19 Administration on the results of the survey conducted 

20 under subsection (a), and shall include in the estimates 

21 of costs of establishing and operating a Congressional 

22 Leadership Academy as well as any impediments to estab23 lishing such an Academy, including impediments relating 

24 to technology, security, or content. 


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1 SEC. 204. REQUIRING ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY TRAINING 

2 FOR MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING.—The Chief Ad4 ministrative Officer shall carry out a cybersecurity train5 ing program under which each Member, officer, and em6 ployee of the House receives an appropriate amount of cy7 bersecurity training each year. 

8 (b) DEADLINES.— 

9 (1) NEW MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES.—A new 

10 Member, officer, or employee of the House shall re11 ceive training under the program under this section 

12 not later than 30 days after beginning service to the 

13 House. 

14 (2) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLETION BY EM15 PLOYEES.—Not later than January 31 of each year, 

16 each officer and employee of the House shall file a 

17 certification with the Chief Administrative Officer 

18 that the officer or employee completed an informa19 tion security training program as established by this 

20 subsection. 

21 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad22 ministration may issue regulations or take any other steps 

23 as may be required to carry out this section. 


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1 TITLE III—MODERNIZING AND 

2 REVITALIZING TECHNOLOGY 

3 SEC. 301. REFORMING HOUSE INFORMATION RESOURCES. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

5 the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Ad6 ministrative Officer shall submit a report to the Com7 mittee on House Administration on the operations of the 

8 Office of House Information Resources. Such report shall 

9 include— 

10 (1) a roadmap for addressing the root causes of 

11 HIR’s systemic inability to deliver enterprise pro12 grams and information technology services in a time13 ly manner that satisfies the needs of Member offices; 

14 (2) recommendations to improve the quality of 

15 HIR services, such as web design and information 

16 technology support; 

17 (3) recommendations for changes to HIR’s mis18 sion to better align it with the needs of Member of19 fices; and 

20 (4) methods to reduce duplicative spending on 

21 information technology services. 

22 (b) CONDUCTING OUTSIDE REVIEW.—The Com23 mittee on House Administration may direct the Chief Ad24 ministrative Officer to enter into a contract with an out25 side entity to provide the Committee with an independent 


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1 review of the operations of HIR and to provide inde2 pendent recommendations to the Committee regarding 

3 strategies and steps for reforming HIR’s operations. 

4 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad5 ministration may issue regulations or take any other steps 

6 as may be required to address the report submitted by 

7 the Chief Administrative Officer under subsection (a) and, 

8 if applicable, the recommendations provided by an outside 

9 entity pursuant to the contract entered into under sub10 section (b). 

11 SEC. 302. PROVIDING TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE CON12 STITUENT ENGAGEMENT. 

13 The Committee on House Administration may issue 

14 regulations or take any other steps as may be required 

15 to ensure that Member offices have the necessary tech16 nology and software to improve the efficiency and oper17 ation of Member offices and to improve constituent en18 gagement, including, as soon as practicable after the date 

19 of the adoption of this resolution, the implementation of 

20 the following: 

21 (1) The ability of individuals to use mobile de22 vices and computers of the House to initiate and re23 ceive video calls, including through the use of Voice 

24 Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications. 


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1 (2) The ability of Members to sign legislation, 

2 correspondence, and constituent consent forms using 

3 electronic signatures, in accordance with guidance 

4 developed in coordination with the Clerk of the 

5 House of Representatives. 

6 (3) The ability of individuals to set up a virtual 

7 private network to connect to the network of the 

8 House on any mobile device or computer of the 

9 House, in accordance with security guidelines estab10 lished by the Chief Administrative Officer. 

11 (4) The ability of the constituents of a Member 

12 to upload requests for casework directly to the Mem13 ber’s official public website. 

14 SEC. 303. STREAMLINED APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OUT15 SIDE TECHNOLOGY VENDORS. 

16 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of the adoption of this resolution, HIR shall submit 

18 a report to the Committee on House Administration de19 scribing the steps necessary to create a streamlined proc20 ess for the approval of outside technology vendors by HIR, 

21 including a discussion of unique legal, statutory, or other 

22 considerations relating to the House environment, costs, 

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1 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad2 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec3 ommendations made in the report required under sub4 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

5 to carry out this section. 

6 SEC. 304. ENABLING MEMBER OFFICES TO BETA TEST NEW 

7 TECHNOLOGIES. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later that 120 days after 

9 the date of the adoption of this resolution, HIR shall sub10 mit a report to the Committee on House Administration 

11 on establishing a program under which Member, com12 mittee, and leadership offices may elect to beta test a new 

13 information technology or application developed by an out14 side vendor prior to the final approval by House Informa15 tion Resources of the use of such technology or application 

16 for such offices, and shall include in the report a descrip17 tion of the steps necessary to set up such a program, the 

18 operation of such program, the identification of additional 

19 costs that may be incurred by such a program, and the 

20 identification of the steps necessary to ensure security and 

21 steps necessary to protect against jeopardizing the House 

22 enterprise. 

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1 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

2 to carry out this section. 

3 SEC. 305. CREATING SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN 

4 HOUSE OFFICES AND HIR. 

5 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

6 date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Adminis7 trative Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on 

8 House Administration on the steps and actions necessary 

9 to ensure that HIR establishes a single point-of-contact 

10 within HIR for each office of the House so that the same 

11 employee of HIR is responsible for responding to requests 

12 from the office and for coordinating the delivery of prod13 ucts and services to the office, including a discussion of 

14 the advantages and disadvantages of such a single point15 of-contact. 

16 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad17 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec18 ommendations made in the report required under sub19 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

20 to carry out this section. 

21 SEC. 306. IMPROVING MEMBER FEEDBACK REGARDING 

22 OUTSIDE VENDORS AND HIR SERVICES. 

23 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

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1 a report to the Committee on House Administration on 

2 the steps necessary to— 

3 (1) create a customer satisfaction portal on 

4 HouseNet that allows Members and employees to 

5 rate and review outside vendors and HIR services; 

6 (2) annually survey district-level staff and dis7 trict-specific technology concerns; and 

8 (3) survey Members and employees on what 

9 technologies they would like to use. 

10 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad11 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec12 ommendations made in the report required under sub13 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

14 to carry out this section. 

15 SEC. 307. LEVERAGING BULK PURCHASING POWER OF THE 

16 HOUSE. 

17 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

18 date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Adminis19 trative Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on 

20 House Administration on the steps necessary to provide 

21 a standard suite of information technology (as described 

22 in subsection (b)) for the use of offices of Members of the 

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1 ing the Members’ Representational Allowances or creating 

2 additional accounts. The report shall also include a de3 tailed marketing and communications plan, including 

4 strategies to disseminate information regarding the stand5 ard suite to Member offices. 

6 (b) CONTENTS OF STANDARD SUITE.—The standard 

7 suite of information technology described in this sub8 section consists of the following, in such quantity and with 

9 such features as the Chief Administrative Officer deter10 mines to be appropriate to enable offices of Members of 

11 the House to quickly and effectively carry out their oper12 ations in a cost-effective manner: 

13 (1) Desktop and portable computers, including 

14 hardware, software, and related equipment and sup15 plies. 

16 (2) Mobile and stationary telephones, including 

17 related equipment and supplies. 

18 (3) Printers, including hardware, software, and 

19 related equipment and supplies. 

20 (4) Internet products and services, including 

21 website development and administration services. 

22 (5) Related information technology and tele23 communications services, including technical support 

24 and customer service. 

25 (6) Subscriptions and subscription services. 


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1 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad2 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec3 ommendations made in the report required under sub4 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

5 to carry out this section. 

6 SEC. 308. REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERV7 ICE TO PROVIDE RAPID RESPONSE SHORT 

8 FACT SHEETS. 

9 The Committee on House Administration shall work 

10 closely with the Congressional Research Service to ensure 

11 that the Service has the capability to rapidly provide short, 

12 nonpartisan fact sheets which may be disseminated by 

13 Member offices. 

14 SEC. 309. ESTABLISHING NONPARTISAN CONSTITUENT EN15 GAGEMENT AND SERVICES PAGE ON 

16 HOUSENET. 

17 The Committee on House Administration may issue 

18 regulations, or take any other steps as may be required, 

19 to establish a nonpartisan constituent engagement and 

20 services page on HouseNet which will better disseminate 

21 best practices and ideas regarding ways to optimize and 

22 improve constituent engagement and service. 


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1 TITLE IV—MAKING THE HOUSE 

2 ACCESSIBLE TO ALL 

3 SEC. 401. ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY OF HOUSE WEBSITES. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Adminis6 trative Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on 

7 House Administration detailing a plan to ensure that all 

8 House websites and applications are accessible. Such re9 port shall include— 

10 (1) a schedule for scanning and analyzing all 

11 House websites and applications to determine the 

12 accessibility level of each such website and applica13 tion; 

14 (2) an analysis of the resources and assistance 

15 necessary to ensure all relevant systems are compat16 ible with common programs used by major disability 

17 groups; and 

18 (3) a plan to ensure that all updates to such 

19 websites and applications, as well as new websites 

20 and applications, are accessible. 

21 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad22 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec23 ommendations made in the report required under sub24 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

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1 SEC. 402. CLOSE CAPTIONING OF PROCEEDINGS; CAP2 TIONING SERVICE FOR VIDEOS CREATED BY 

3 HOUSE OFFICES. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

5 the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Ad6 ministrative Officer and the Clerk shall submit a report 

7 to the Committee on House Administration detailing a 

8 plan to ensure that all House proceedings that are broad9 cast on television or streamed on the internet provide 

10 closed caption services, and provide a free captioning serv11 ice for all web videos created by Member, committee, and 

12 leadership offices, as well as the Office of the Chief Ad13 ministrative Officer and the Office of the Clerk. Such re14 port shall include— 

15 (1) a statement of the estimated costs of pro16 viding close captioning services for all such pro17 ceedings; 

18 (2) a statement of the estimated costs of pro19 viding captioning service for all such web videos; 

20 (3) an estimated timeline for carrying out the 

21 plan; and 

22 (4) a discussion of any barriers to carrying out 

23 the plan, including statutory or regulatory impedi24 ments. 

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1 ommendations made in the report required under sub2 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

3 to carry out this section. 

4 SEC. 403. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ACCESSIBILITY OF 

5 UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND 

6 GROUNDS. 

7 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Architect 

9 of the Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep10 resentatives, and the Executive Director of the Office of 

11 Congressional Workplace Rights, shall provide a joint re12 port to the Committee on House Administration identi13 fying areas of the Capitol buildings and the United States 

14 Capitol Grounds that are not currently accessible, the esti15 mated costs of making such areas accessible, including a 

16 timetable and plan for making accessibility modifications, 

17 and a discussion of future challenges to ensuring full ac18 cessibility. 

19 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad20 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec21 ommendations made in the report required under sub22 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

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1 TITLE V—IMPROVING ACCESS 

2 TO DOCUMENTS AND PUBLI3 CATIONS 

4 SEC. 501. ADOPTING STANDARDIZED FORMAT FOR LEGIS5 LATIVE DOCUMENTS. 

6 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

7 date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall sub8 mit a report to the Committee on House Administration 

9 regarding the status of the overall implementation and 

10 adoption of a standardized format for drafting, viewing, 

11 and publishing legislation to improve transparency and ef12 ficiency throughout the lawmaking process, specifically in13 cluding the status of the overall implementation of the Ex14 tensible Markup Language, or XML, schema known as 

15 United States Legislative Markup. 

16 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The report required under 

17 subsection (a) shall include a detailed plan for completing 

18 the overall implementation and adoption of the format de19 scribed in such subsection, including a timeline, a state20 ment of the costs incurred as of the date of such report, 

21 and a statement of the expected costs anticipated to be 

22 incurred in the future. 

23 (c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 

24 after the last day of each calendar quarter that begins 

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1 the Clerk shall submit to the Committee on House Admin2 istration a status report on the progress made during that 

3 quarter regarding the overall implementation and adoption 

4 of the format described in such subsection, including any 

5 updates to the timeline and to the costs incurred during 

6 that quarter and expected to be incurred in the future, 

7 and a detailed account of actions taken to implement and 

8 adopt the format during the quarter covered by the report. 

9 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad10 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec11 ommendations made in the report required under sub12 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

13 to carry out this section. 

14 SEC. 502. LEGISLATION COMPARISON PROJECT. 

15 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall sub17 mit a report to the Committee on House Administration 

18 regarding the status of the completion of the legislative 

19 comparison project required by clause 12 of rule XXI of 

20 the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

21 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The report required under 

22 subsection (a) shall include a detailed plan for completing 

23 the legislative comparison project, including a timeline, a 

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1 port, and a statement of the expected costs anticipated 

2 to be incurred in the future. 

3 (c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 

4 after the last day of each calendar quarter that begins 

5 after the submission of the report under subsection (a), 

6 the Clerk shall submit to the Committee on House Admin7 istration a status report on the progress made during that 

8 quarter regarding the completion of the legislative com9 parison project, including any updates to the timeline and 

10 to the costs incurred during that quarter and expected to 

11 be incurred in the future, and a detailed account of actions 

12 taken to complete the legislative comparison project dur13 ing the quarter covered by the report. 

14 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad15 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec16 ommendations made in the report required under sub17 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

18 to carry out this section. 

19 SEC. 503. DATABASE OF INFORMATION ON EXPIRATION OF 

20 AUTHORIZATIONS OF PROGRAMS. 

21 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 

22 the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall 

23 submit a report to the Committee on House Administra24 tion regarding the establishment and maintenance, on its 

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1 able, sortable, and downloadable of the expiration dates 

2 of all Federal programs and the primary committee of 

3 subject matter jurisdiction over each such program. 

4 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The report required under 

5 subsection (a) shall include a detailed plan for the comple6 tion and implementation of such database, including a 

7 timeline and a statement of ongoing and expected costs 

8 of development and implementation, any necessary legal 

9 or legislative authorities, as well as any barriers of difficul10 ties identified regarding the completion and operation of 

11 the database. Such report shall also include a discussion 

12 and recommendations on ensuring that such database— 

13 (1) is updated on a continual and ongoing 

14 basis, including requiring that the Clerk posts all 

15 relevant information not later than 30 days after re16 ceipt; and 

17 (2) includes information provided by standing 

18 and select committees (except the Committee on Ap19 propriations, the Committee on Ethics, the Com20 mittee on Rules, and the Permanent Select Com21 mittee on Intelligence), as well as recommendations 

22 to ensure that such committees provide the required 

23 information on a timely and regular basis. 

24 (c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days after 

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1 submission of the report under subsection (a), the Clerk 

2 shall submit to the Committee on House Administration 

3 a report regarding the progress made regarding the estab4 lishment and maintenance of the database described in 

5 such subsection, including any updates to the timeline and 

6 to the costs incurred or expected to be incurred (as re7 quired under subsection (b)), and a detailed account of 

8 actions taken to establish and maintain the database dur9 ing the year covered by the report. 

10 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad11 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec12 ommendations made in the report required under sub13 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

14 to carry out this section. 

15 SEC. 504. DATABASE OF VOTES TAKEN IN COMMITTEES. 

16 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 

17 the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall 

18 submit a report to the Committee on House Administra19 tion regarding the establishment and maintenance, on its 

20 public website, of a separate database for the 116th Con21 gress and each subsequent Congress of all recorded votes 

22 in committees (except for recorded votes taken by the 

23 Committee on Ethics or for any votes taken by any com24 mittee in executive session) that is sortable, up-to-date, 

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1 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The report required under 

2 subsection (a) shall include a detailed plan for completion 

3 and implementation of the database described in such sub4 section, including a timeline and a statement of the ongo5 ing and expected costs of development and implementa6 tion, any necessary legal or legislative authorities, as well 

7 as any barriers of difficulties identified regarding the com8 pletion and operation of the database. Such report shall 

9 also include a discussion and recommendations on ensur10 ing that such database— 

11 (1) is updated on a continual and ongoing 

12 basis; and 

13 (2) requires each standing and select committee 

14 to provide to the Clerk with information respecting 

15 recorded votes taken in that committee (excluding 

16 votes which are not required to be included in the 

17 database) within 72 hours of such vote, to include 

18 a brief description of the matter on which the re19 corded vote was taken, the name of each Member of 

20 the committee voting on that matter, whether the 

21 vote was in the affirmative or the negative, and the 

22 total tally of the votes. 

23 (c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 

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1 the Clerk shall submit to the Committee on House Admin2 istration a report regarding the progress made regarding 

3 the establishment and maintenance of the database de4 scribed in such subsection, including any updates to the 

5 detailed timeline and to the costs incurred or expected to 

6 be incurred (as required under subsection (b)), and a de7 tailed account of actions taken to establish and maintain 

8 the database during for the quarter covered by the report. 

9 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad10 ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec11 ommendations made in the report required under sub12 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

13 to carry out this section. 

14 SEC. 505. ASSIGNMENT OF UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS FOR RE15 PORTS FILED BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS. 

16 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

17 date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall sub18 mit a report to the Committee on House Administration 

19 regarding the status of assigning a unique identification 

20 number with respect to each person who files a registra21 tion statement or other report required to be filed with 

22 the Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 

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1 ments and reports) with respect to each statement or re2 port required to be filed by that person with the Clerk. 

3 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The report required under 

4 subsection (a) shall include a detailed plan for assigning 

5 the unique identification numbers described in such sub6 section, including a timeline, a statement of the ongoing 

7 and expected costs of carrying out such plan, and a de8 scription of any obstacles to carrying out the plan (includ9 ing obstacles relating to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

10 1995 or other laws). 

11 (c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 

12 after the last day of each calendar quarter that begins 

13 after the submission of the report under subsection (a), 

14 the Clerk shall submit to the Committee on House Admin15 istration a report regarding the progress made regarding 

16 the overall implementation of the assignment of the unique 

17 identification numbers described in such subsection, in18 cluding any updates to the timeline and to the costs in19 curred or expected to be incurred as required under sub20 section (b) and a detailed account of actions taken to carry 

21 out the assignment of such unique identification numbers 

22 during for the quarter covered by the report. 

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1 section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 

2 to carry out this section. 

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