Directing the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to carry out a pilot program under which the leadership of the House shall utilize body-worn cameras and ensure that the cameras are activated while carrying out official leadership business.

Bill: 117-hres-636
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2021-09-14
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution requires the House Committee on Ethics to carry out a pilot program during the 118th Congress to require each member of House leadership to use a body-worn camera while carrying out official business and to make footage available online to the public.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 636 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 2021 Mr. Gosar submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration RESOLUTION Directing the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to carry out a pilot program under which the leadership of the House shall utilize body-worn cameras and ensure that the cameras are activated while carrying out official leadership business.

1. Utilization of body-worn cameras by House leadership (a) Pilot program The Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives shall carry out a pilot program under which— (1) each Member who is the head of a House leadership office shall utilize a body-worn camera and ensure that the camera is activated while the Member is carrying out the official business of such office; and (2) the footage recorded by the camera is made available online to the public. (b) Regulations The Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the pilot program under this section. (c) Period of program The pilot program under this section shall be in effect during the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. (d) House leadership office defined In this resolution, the term House leadership office means, with respect to a session of Congress, any office for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for the fiscal year during which any portion of the session occurs is provided under the heading House Leadership Offices in the Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year.