TRANSPAREN-C Resolution

Bill: 114-hres-301
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2015-06-04
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government information and archives

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Trade agreements and negotiations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Trade Review Accountability Needs Sunlight and Preview of Any Regulations and Exact Negotiated Components Resolution or the TRANSPAREN-C Resolution</b></p> <p>Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider any implementing bill submitted for a trade agreement or trade agreements entered into under any law unless the final legal text has been made available to the public at least 60 days before the bill is introduced in the House.</p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 301 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2015 Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Mr. Hunter , Mr. Grayson , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Takai , Mr. Nolan , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Jones , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Russell , and Mr. Perry ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of an implementing bill with respect to a trade agreement unless the final legal text of the agreement has been made available to the public for a period of not less than 60 days prior to the date on which the implementing bill is introduced in the House.

1. Short title This resolution may be cited as the Trade Review Accountability Needs Sunlight and Preview of Any Regulations and Exact Negotiated Components Resolution or TRANSPAREN–C Resolution . 2. Prohibition on consideration of any implementing bill submitted with respect to a trade agreement or trade agreements unless the final legal text of such agreement or agreements has been made available to the public Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 12. Notwithstanding sections 151, 152, or 153 of the Trade Act of 1974, it shall not be in order in the House to consider any implementing bill submitted with respect to a trade agreement or trade agreements entered into under any law unless the final legal text of such agreement or agreements has been made available to the public for a period of not less than 60 days prior to the date on which the implementing bill is introduced in the House. .