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ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 403. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ACCESSIBILITY OF 
UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND 
GROUNDS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Architect 
of the Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Executive Director of the Office of 
Congressional Workplace Rights, shall provide a joint re-
port to the Committee on House Administration identi-
fying areas of the Capitol buildings and the United States 
Capitol Grounds that are not currently accessible, the esti-
mated costs of making such areas accessible, including a 
timetable and plan for making accessibility modifications, 
and a discussion of future challenges to ensuring full ac-
cessibility. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
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TITLE 
V—IMPROVING 
ACCESS 
TO DOCUMENTS AND PUBLI-
CATIONS 
SEC. 501. ADOPTING STANDARDIZED FORMAT FOR LEGIS-
LATIVE DOCUMENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on House Administration 
regarding the status of the overall implementation and 
adoption of a standardized format for drafting, viewing, 
and publishing legislation to improve transparency and ef-
ficiency throughout the lawmaking process, specifically in-
cluding the status of the overall implementation of the Ex-
tensible Markup Language, or XML, schema known as 
United States Legislative Markup. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall include a detailed plan for completing 
the overall implementation and adoption of the format de-
scribed in such subsection, including a timeline, a state-
ment of the costs incurred as of the date of such report, 
and a statement of the expected costs anticipated to be 
incurred in the future. 
(c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 
after the last day of each calendar quarter that begins 
after the submission of the report under subsection (a), 
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the Clerk shall submit to the Committee on House Admin-
istration a status report on the progress made during that 
quarter regarding the overall implementation and adoption 
of the format described in such subsection, including any 
updates to the timeline and to the costs incurred during 
that quarter and expected to be incurred in the future, 
and a detailed account of actions taken to implement and 
adopt the format during the quarter covered by the report. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 502. LEGISLATION COMPARISON PROJECT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on House Administration 
regarding the status of the completion of the legislative 
comparison project required by clause 12 of rule XXI of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall include a detailed plan for completing 
the legislative comparison project, including a timeline, a 
statement of the costs incurred as of the date of the re-
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port, and a statement of the expected costs anticipated 
to be incurred in the future. 
(c) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days 
after the last day of each calendar quarter that begins 
after the submission of the report under subsection (a), 
the Clerk shall submit to the Committee on House Admin-
istration a status report on the progress made during that 
quarter regarding the completion of the legislative com-
parison project, including any updates to the timeline and 
to the costs incurred during that quarter and expected to 
be incurred in the future, and a detailed account of actions 
taken to complete the legislative comparison project dur-
ing the quarter covered by the report. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may issue regulations to carry out any rec-
ommendations made in the report required under sub-
section (a) or take any other steps as may be required 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 503. DATABASE OF INFORMATION ON EXPIRATION OF 
AUTHORIZATIONS OF PROGRAMS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Clerk shall 
submit a report to the Committee on House Administra-
tion regarding the establishment and maintenance, on its 
public website, of an up-to-date database that is search-
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able, sortable, and downloadable of the expiration dates 
of all Federal programs and the primary committee of 
subject matter jurisdiction over each such program. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall include a detailed plan for the comple-
tion and implementation of such database, including a 
timeline and a statement of ongoing and expected costs 
of development and implementation, any necessary legal 
or legislative authorities, as well as any barriers of difficul-
ties identified regarding the completion and operation of 
the database. Such report shall also include a discussion 
and recommendations on ensuring that such database— 
(1) is updated on a continual and ongoing 
basis, including requiring that the Clerk posts all 
relevant information not later than 30 days after re-
ceipt; and 
(2) includes information provided by standing 
and select committees (except the Committee on Ap-
propriations, the Committee on Ethics, the Com-
mittee on Rules, and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence), as well as recommendations 
to ensure that such committees provide the required 
information on a timely and regular basis. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days after 
the last day of each calendar year that begins after the 
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