Title: GALA Resolution
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Greater Accountability from Lawmakers for Americans Resolution or the GALA Resolution
This resolution amends the House Rules to prohibit a Member of Congress, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from accepting free attendance at a charity event if the value of free attendance exceeds $1,000 unless attendance is appropriate to the performance of the official duties or representative function of the person attending. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House who accepts free attendance that is appropriate to the performance of official duties must submit a statement to the House Ethics Committee prior to attending that explains why attendance is appropriate.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 663 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 663

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a 
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
House who accepts an offer of free attendance with respect to a charity 
   event to notify the Committee on Ethics if the value of such free 
           attendance exceeds $1,000, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2021

Mrs. Steel (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Budd) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                                on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a 
 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
House who accepts an offer of free attendance with respect to a charity 
   event to notify the Committee on Ethics if the value of such free 
           attendance exceeds $1,000, and for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Greater Accountability from 
Lawmakers for Americans Resolution'' or the ``GALA Resolution''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN OFFERS OF FREE 
              ATTENDANCE TO CHARITY EVENTS.

    Clause 5(a)(4) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended--
            (1) in subdivision (C), by inserting ``for which the value 
        of the free attendance for the event is less than or equal to 
        $1,000'' after ``charity event'';
            (2) by redesignating subdivision (D) as subdivision (E); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subdivision (C) the following new 
        subdivision:
                    ``(D) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                officer, or employee of the House may not accept an 
                offer of free attendance for an event described in 
                subdivision (C) in any case in which the value of the 
                free attendance for the event exceeds $1,000 unless--
                            ``(i) attendance at the event is 
                        appropriate to the performance of the official 
                        duties or representative function of the 
                        Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                        officer, or employee of the House; and
                            ``(ii) the Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House 
                        submits a statement to the Committee on Ethics 
                        prior to attending any such event that explains 
                        why attendance at the event meets the 
                        requirement described in item (i).''.
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