Title: COVFEFE Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement Act of 2017 or the COVFEFE Act of 2017
This bill amends provisions governing presidential records to: (1) revise the definition of "documentary material" to include social media; (2) revise the definition of "presidential records" to include any personal and official social media account; and (3) define "social media" as any form of electronic communication (such as a website for social networking and microblogging) through which users create an online community to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos).

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2884 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2884

 To amend section 2201 of title 44, United States Code, to require the 
   preservation of Presidential social media accounts, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2017

 Mr. Quigley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 2201 of title 44, United States Code, to require the 
   preservation of Presidential social media accounts, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Communications Over Various Feeds 
Electronically For Engagement Act of 2017'' or the ``COVFEFE Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR PRESERVATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

    Section 2201 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``social media,'' after 
        ``films,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2);
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; but'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                subparagraph (C);
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) includes any personal and official social 
                media account; but''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by 
                inserting after ``(ii) personal records'' the 
                following: ``, except as provided for in subparagraph 
                (B)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) The term `social media' means any form of electronic 
        communication (such as a website for social networking and 
        microblogging) through which users create an online community 
        to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other 
        content (such as videos).''.
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