Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the chair of a select commission established in the legislative branch to report each line item expense to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hres-519
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2021-07-01
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution requires, no later than 60 days after a select commission is established in the legislative branch, and every 30 days afterwards, the chair of the commission to submit to the Clerk of the House a report that, for each line item expense incurred by the commission to carry out the duties of that commission</p> <ul> <li>documents the date and amount of each outlay, and</li> <li>includes a copy of the receipt for each outlay.</li> </ul> <p>The Clerk shall make such information received with respect to the budget outlays of a select commission available to the public on a government website in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format as soon as possible after it is received.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 519 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2021 Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Perry , Mr. Babin , and Mr. Budd ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the chair of a select commission established in the legislative branch to report each line item expense to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

1. Legislative branch select commission budget outlays (a) In general Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (l) The Clerk shall make information received under clause 6(f) of rule X with respect to the budget outlays of a select commission established in the legislative branch available to the public on a Government website in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format as soon as possible after it is received. . (b) Reporting requirement Clause 6 of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (f) Not later than 60 days after the date a select commission is established in the legislative branch, and every 30 days thereafter, the chair of the commission shall submit to the Clerk a report that, with respect to each line item expense incurred by the commission to carry out the duties of such commission— (1) documents the date and amount of each outlay; and (2) includes a copy of the receipt for each outlay. .