I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3507 
To require the chairs of committees of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate to submit certain information to the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate with respect to reported 
bills and joint resolutions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2025 
Mr. BURCHETT (for himself and Mr. MOSKOWITZ) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to 
the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the chairs of committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate to submit certain informa-
tion to the Clerk of the House of Representatives or 
the Secretary of the Senate with respect to reported 
bills and joint resolutions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Account-
ability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INCLUSION OF 
CERTAIN 
INFORMATION 
FOR 
BILLS 
AND 
JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT
TO CERTAIN 
AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to a bill or 
joint resolution reported by a committee of the 
House of Representatives or the Senate, the chair of 
such committee shall submit to the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives or the Secretary of the 
Senate (as the case may be), not later than 3 legisla-
tive days after the date that the bill or resolution is 
reported by the committee, the name of any Member 
of Congress who submitted an amendment to the bill 
or resolution which was adopted by the committee. 
(2) AMENDMENTS ADOPTED WITH RESPECT TO 
MATTERS THAT PASS EITHER HOUSE.—With respect 
to a bill or joint resolution passed by the House of 
Representatives or the Senate, the chair of the Com-
mittee on Rules of the House or the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate shall submit 
to the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the 
Secretary of the Senate (as the case may be), not 
later than 3 legislative days after the date that the 
bill or resolution is passed by such House, the name 
of any Member of Congress who submitted an 
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amendment to the bill or resolution which was 
adopted by such House. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS RE-
PORTED BY CERTAIN COMMITTEES.—With respect to a 
bill or joint resolution reported by the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House, or 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the chair of such 
committee shall submit to the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Secretary of the Senate (as the case 
may be), not later than 3 legislative days after the date 
that the bill or resolution is reported by the committee, 
the name of each Member of Congress who is responsible 
for the inclusion of a provision in the bill or resolution 
as reported by the committee. 
(c) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN BILLS 
OR RESOLUTIONS.—The Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives, the Secretary of the Senate (as the case may be), 
and the Director of the Government Publishing Office 
shall ensure that any name submitted under subsection 
(a) or (b) with respect to a bill or resolution is included 
in any reported, engrossed, enrolled or enacted version of 
the bill or resolution in the form of a footnote that indi-
cates which adopted amendment or provision in the bill 
or resolution any such Member submitted for or is other-
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wise responsible for its inclusion in such version of the 
bill or resolution, as applicable. 
(d) MEMBER OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a Senator 
or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress. 
(e) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—The pro-
visions of this section are enacted by the Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 
that House to which they specifically apply, and 
such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change such rules (so far 
as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
any other rule of such House. 
Æ 
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