Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on local economies and communities of the Department of Government Efficiency and newly-imposed tariffs.

Bill: 119-hres-302
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2025-04-08
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 302 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2025 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Panetta , Ms. Sewell , Mr. Doggett , Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Ms. Plaskett , Ms. Chu , Mr. Neal , Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. DelBene , and Mr. Schneider ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means RESOLUTION Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the effect on local economies and communities of the Department of Government Efficiency and newly-imposed tariffs.

That the President of the United States is requested, and the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor are directed, to transmit, to the extent that such documents are in the possession of the President or the Secretaries, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, call log, correspondence (electronic or otherwise), written agreements, reports, studies, or other communication or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the following: (1) The reduction in the local area gross domestic product of State, regional, or local economies resulting from the mass layoffs of Federal workers, and lease terminations, recommended by Department of Government Efficiency (hereafter referred to as DOGE ), including, but not limited to, employees of the Internal Revenue Service and staff at local and regional Social Security offices. (2) The number of unemployed workers since January 20, 2025, the unemployment rate increase, the increase in unemployment duration, the increase in the total unemployment claims, or the impact on Federal performance measurements in the unemployment insurance program in affected communities that experienced reductions in force (RIFs), terminations of probationary employees by DOGE, or termination of large Federal contracts, including any such information stated separately by State, region, or local community. (3) The projected change in the cost of imported goods subject to tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico, or any other country since January 20, 2025, including any such information determined at the national, State, regional, or local level.