Transparent Leadership Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8999
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2020-12-17
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

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Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

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Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-12-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transparent Leadership Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the speeches and schedules of the heads of executive agencies to be made publicly available.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8999 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2020 Mr. Beyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To require the speeches and schedules of the heads of executive agencies to be made publicly available, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparent Leadership Act of 2020 . 2. Public availability of speeches and schedules of heads of executive agencies (a) Public availability of speeches (1) Speeches given during covered period With respect to a speech given by the head of an executive agency during the covered period, a copy of such speech shall be publicly available not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Speeches given after date of enactment With respect to a speech given by the head of an executive agency after the date of the enactment of this Act, a copy of such speech shall be publicly available not later than 30 days after the date on which such speech is given. (b) Public availability of schedules (1) Schedules for date during covered period With respect to a schedule of the head of an executive agency for a date occurring during the covered period, a copy of such schedule shall be publicly published not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Schedules for date after date of enactment With respect to a schedule of the head of an executive agency for a date occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act, a copy of such schedule shall be publicly published not later than 30 days after such date. (c) Definitions In this Act: (1) Covered period The term covered period means the period beginning on January 20, 2017 and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Executive agency The term executive agency means an agency, department, or instrumentality in the executive branch of the Federal Government. (3) Head of an executive agency The term head of an executive agency includes, with respect to the United States Postal Service, the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General.