Legislative Accountability Act
Sponsored By: Representative Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced
Summary
Public disclosure of which Members are responsible for adopted amendments and provisions. This bill would require committee chairs to report the names of Members tied to adopted amendments and would direct legislative clerks and the Government Publishing Office to add those names as footnotes to bill texts.
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- Members: Members would have their names linked to any amendment they submitted that was adopted or to provisions they are responsible for. "Member of Congress" covers Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner.
- Committee chairs: Chairs must submit names within three legislative days after a committee reports a bill or after a House passes a bill when Rules committees are involved. A special rule makes Appropriations, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee identify Members responsible for specific provisions when they report measures.
- Clerks and publishers: The Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office must include submitted names as footnotes in reported, engrossed, enrolled, or enacted versions of bills and resolutions.
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This bill would require Congress to name who wrote adopted amendments and key provisions. After a committee reports a bill, the committee chair would have 3 legislative days to submit the names of Members whose amendments the committee adopted. After either House passes a bill, that House’s Rules Committee chair would have 3 legislative days to submit the names of Members whose amendments were adopted by that chamber. For bills from Appropriations, House Ways and Means, or Senate Finance, the reporting chair would also list each Member responsible for any included provision. The Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Government Publishing Office would print these names as footnotes in reported, engrossed, enrolled, and enacted versions, showing which amendment or provision each Member is tied to. “Member of Congress” would include Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner. These requirements would be treated as House and Senate rules and could be changed by either chamber.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
TN • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 5/20/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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