Executive Order Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-1287
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2017-03-01
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Executive Order Transparency Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the President to publish an executive order on the White House website at least 72 hours before signing such order.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1287 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2017 Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Grijalva , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Lee , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Nadler , Mr. McNerney , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Frankel of Florida , Mr. Veasey , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Gene Green of Texas , Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Correa , Mr. Perlmutter , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Castro of Texas , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Keating , Mr. Capuano , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Peterson , Mr. Vela , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Cummings , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. O'Halleran , Ms. Plaskett , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Peters , Mr. Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mrs. Torres , Mr. Panetta , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Nolan , Mr. Evans , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Brownley of California , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Clay , Mr. Neal , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Hanabusa , Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas , Mr. Lewis of Georgia , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. McEachin , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Engel , Mr. Welch , Ms. Barragán , and Mrs. Bustos ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require that any Executive order be published on the White House website not less than 72 hours before the Executive order is signed.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Executive Order Transparency Act . 2. Posting requirement for Executive orders Not less than 72 hours before signing any Executive order, the President shall publish the Executive order on the White House website.