IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1395 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2022 Ms. Porter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration RESOLUTION Requiring Members of the House of Representatives to post monthly activity reports on their official public websites, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This resolution may be cited as the Congress at Work Act . 2. Posting of monthly Member activity reports (a) Requirement Each Member of the House of Representatives, including each Delegate and Resident Commissioner to the Congress, shall post on the Member’s official public website a monthly activity report which consists of the following information: (1) Information on the Member’s schedule during the month, as described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b). (2) Information on the Member’s activity at committee hearings and other meetings during the month, as described in paragraph (2) of subsection (b). (3) Information on the Member’s voting record during the month, as described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b). (4) Information on the Member’s legislative activity during the month, as described in paragraph (4) of subsection (b). (b) Description of information required (1) Schedule The information described in this paragraph is a description of the Member’s schedule, including a list of the meetings and events the Member actually attended which were related to the Member’s official and representational duties and the names of the individuals and entities who attended meetings with the Member. (2) Committee activity The information described in this paragraph is a record of the Member’s attendance at hearings and other meetings of each standing, special, and select committee of the House on which the Member sits, together with a record of how the Member voted on each recorded vote (if any) taken at such meetings, presented in the form of a hyperlink to the report posted by the committee under section 3. (3) Voting record The information described in this paragraph is a record of how the Member voted on each recorded vote taken in the House or the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, as follows: (A) The number of the bill, resolution, joint resolution, conference report, or amendment involved, together with a hyperlink to the bill, resolution, joint resolution, conference report, or amendment on congress.gov. (B) The roll call number of the recorded vote, together with a hyperlink to the roll call number on the site of the Office of the Clerk of the House. (C) The date on which the vote was recorded. (D) How the Member voted. (E) A brief description of the bill, resolution, joint resolution, conference report, or amendment involved, or (if applicable) the short title of the bill, resolution, joint resolution, or conference report. (4) Legislative activity The information described in this paragraph is a description of each bill, resolution, and joint resolution which the Member sponsored or cosponsored, presented in the form of a single hyperlink through congress.gov to all such bills, resolutions, and joint resolution. (c) Deadline A Member shall meet the requirements of this section with respect to a month not later than the earlier of— (1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or (2) the last day of the Congress in which the month occurs. 3. Posting of Member activity reports by committees (a) Requirement Each standing, special, and select committee of the House of Representatives shall post on its official public website a monthly report on the attendance of the members of the committee at the hearings and other meetings the committee holds during the month, together with the votes cast by members at such meetings. (b) Format of report A committee shall post the report required under subsection (a) in a searchable and downloadable format. (c) Deadline A committee shall meet the requirements of this section with respect to a month not later than the earlier of— (1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or (2) the last day of the Congress in which the month occurs. 4. Regulations (a) Promulgation of regulations (1) In general The Committee on House Administration shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this resolution, including regulations to enforce the requirements of this resolution. (2) Preventing disclosure of classified information In promulgating regulations under this subsection, the Committee shall ensure that the posting of information by a Member under section 2 and the posting of reports by a committee under section 3 does not result in the disclosure of classified information. (b) Information from CAO The Chief Administrative Officer shall notify the Committee on House Administration if a Member or committee fails to meet the applicable requirements of this resolution.