# 117-hr-7616: To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are resolved, and for other purposes.

117-hr-7616, To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are resolved, and for other purposes., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7616
- Congress: 117
- Title: To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are resolved, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2022-04-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill reduces the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless it processes and resolves before October 1, 2022, a personnel records backlog of 600,000 requests.

## Cosponsors (15)

- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (R-IN), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2] (R-NM), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] (R-FL), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID), 2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7616 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7616)

## Related
- [117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-2471)
- [117-hr-1448: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1448)
- [117-hr-5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5142)
- [117-hjres-65: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-65)
- [117-hres-548: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-548)
- [117-hr-619: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-619)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7616 (as of 2025-11-18).