Providing that material obtained or generated by the office of a Member in response to a casework request from a constituent is to be treated as material in the possession of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hres-273
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-26
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization

Congressional oversight

House Committee on House Administration

House of Representatives

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution requires that material obtained or generated by a Member's office in response to a constituent casework request be treated as material in possession of the House. This is to enable the Member's successor to obtain access to the material.</p> <p>The Committee on House Administration must implement regulations to carry out this requirement.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 273 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 26, 2021 Mrs. Boebert submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Providing that material obtained or generated by the office of a Member in response to a casework request from a constituent is to be treated as material in the possession of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

1. Disposition of casework material Any material obtained or generated by the office of a Member in response to a casework request from a constituent is to be treated as material in the possession of the House for purposes of enabling the successor to that Member to obtain access to the material. 2. House Administration regulations The Committee on House Administration is authorized and directed to promulgate regulations to carry out this resolution.