Easy to READ Act

Bill: 117-hr-8927
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2022-09-20
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Easy to Read Electronic and Accessible Disclosures Act or the Easy to READ Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires Members of Congress (or candidates for congressional office) to electronically file their financial disclosure reports. Additionally, the reports must be made publicly available in a searchable database.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8927 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2022 Ms. Spanberger (for herself and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the electronic filing of all public financial disclosure forms, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Easy to Read Electronic and Accessible Disclosures Act or the Easy to READ Act . 2. Electronic filing requirement (a) Amendment Section 103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 ( 5 U.S.C. App. 103 ) is amended by amending subsection (i) to read as follows: (i) Each report required under this title of a Member, Senator, or an individual who is a candidate for the office of Member or Senator shall be filed electronically with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be, in a database that— (1) allows the public to search, sort, and download data contained in the reports filed by criteria required to be reported, including by filer name, asset, transaction type, ticker symbol, notification date, amount of transaction, and date of transaction; (2) allows access through an application programming interface; and (3) is fully compliant with— (A) section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794d ); and (B) the most recent Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (or successor guidelines). . (b) Application The amendment made by this section shall apply on and after the date that is the commencement of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Congress.