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Executive Transparency Act
Sponsored By: Representative Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced
Summary
Annual briefings to Congress by cabinet and agency leaders. This bill would require named department heads and other senior officials to give a yearly briefing to the specific House and Senate committees that oversee them, in the form and manner those committees require.
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- Agency leaders: About 30 cabinet secretaries, agency heads, and senior officials would have to provide an annual briefing to designated House and Senate committees.
- Congressional committees: For each official the bill lists both the Appropriations committees and the primary authorizing committees that should receive the briefing.
- Statutory change: The bill would add a new Section 2955 to Subchapter II of Chapter 29 of Title 5, United States Code, titled "Annual briefing to Congress," and amend that subchapter's table of contents.
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Annual briefings by 30 federal officials
This bill would require 30 named top federal officials to give yearly briefings to specific House and Senate committees. Each official would brief the committees once a year in the form and manner those committees require. The listed officials include cabinet secretaries, heads of major agencies, intelligence and law enforcement chiefs, financial regulators, and the IRS Commissioner. The bill text does not set penalties or funding for these briefings.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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