# 114-hr-3548: TRACE Act

114-hr-3548, TRACE Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3548
- Congress: 114
- Title: TRACE Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Introduced: 2015-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Transparency Requirements for Agency Conferences and Events Act or the TRACE Act This bill requires the head of a federal agency who is hosting a conference or sending an agency employee to a conference to submit to the relevant congressional committee, not later than 30 days before the conference, a report that includes: (1) an itemized statement of the cost of attending the conference, including the total cost; (2) the total cost to the agency hosting the conference; (3) the names of keynote speakers; (4) a list of conference attendees; (5) the location of the conference; (6) a summary of the purposes and goals of the conference; and (7) a conference itinerary. Defines "conference" as a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, training, or other event that involves travel for 50 or more attendees.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] (R-MN), 2015-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-3548 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3548)

## Related
- [114-hr-6274: Hospital Outcomes Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6274)
- [114-hr-5999: Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5999)
- [114-hr-5754: S Corporation Modernization Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5754)
- [114-hr-5621: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Dob…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5621)
- [114-hr-5447: Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5447)
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
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