Title: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the chair of a select commission established in the legislative branch to report each line item expense to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution requires, no later than 60 days after a select commission is established in the legislative branch, and every 30 days afterwards, the chair of the commission to submit to the Clerk of the House a report that, for each line item expense incurred by the commission to carry out the duties of that commission
The Clerk shall make such information received with respect to the budget outlays of a select commission available to the public on a government website in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format as soon as possible after it is received.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 519 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 519

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the chair 
of a select commission established in the legislative branch to report 
 each line item expense to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2021

 Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Babin, 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 the chair 
of a select commission established in the legislative branch to report 
 each line item expense to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SELECT COMMISSION BUDGET OUTLAYS.

    (a) In General.--Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(l) The Clerk shall make information received under 
        clause 6(f) of rule X with respect to the budget outlays of a 
        select commission established in the legislative branch 
        available to the public on a Government website in a 
        searchable, sortable, and downloadable format as soon as 
        possible after it is received.''.
    (b) Reporting Requirement.--Clause 6 of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(f) Not later than 60 days after the date a select 
        commission is established in the legislative branch, and every 
        30 days thereafter, the chair of the commission shall submit to 
        the Clerk a report that, with respect to each line item expense 
        incurred by the commission to carry out the duties of such 
        commission--
                    ``(1) documents the date and amount of each outlay; 
                and
                    ``(2) includes a copy of the receipt for each 
                outlay.''.
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