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Transparency in Government Act of 2019
10/28/2022, 2:00 AM
Congressional Summary of HR 5150
Transparency in Government Act of 2019
This bill establishes reporting, disclosure, and other requirements across all branches of government to expand public access to information such as federal spending, Supreme Court proceedings, and White House visitor access records.
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Current Status of Bill HR 5150
Bill HR 5150 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since November 18, 2019. Bill HR 5150 was introduced during Congress 116 and was introduced to the House on November 18, 2019. Bill HR 5150's most recent activity was Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. as of December 18, 2019
Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 5150
Total Number of Sponsors
1Democrat Sponsors
1Republican Sponsors
0Unaffiliated Sponsors
0Total Number of Cosponsors
1Democrat Cosponsors
1Republican Cosponsors
0Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 5150
Primary Policy Focus
CongressPotential Impact Areas
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Appropriations
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Budget process
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional committees
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Debt collection
- Department of Justice
- Department of the Treasury
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal officials
- Financial Stability Oversight Council
- Financial crises and stabilization
- Freedom of information
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- House of Representatives
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Judicial review and appeals
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Library of Congress
- Licensing and registrations
- Marketing and advertising
- Members of Congress
- Performance measurement
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Senate
- Sound recording
- Supreme Court
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Television and film
- Transportation costs
- U.S. Capitol
Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 5150
Transparency in Government Act of 2019
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the Financial Stability Act of 2010, and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other purposes.
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