H.R. 283: ACCOUNT Act
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H.R. 283: ACCOUNT Act
113th Congress · introduced 2013-01-15 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-01-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
ACCOUNT Act
Plain summary
Agency Conferences and Conventions Operating Under Necessary Transparency Act of 2013 or the ACCOUNT Act - Requires the head of a federal agency to: (1) approve in writing any conference costing more than $25,000, (2) approve such a conference only upon determining that it is necessary to the core mission of the agency, and (3) publish a summary on the agency website of the conference that includes the purpose and total cost of the conference and the cost per employee that attended the conference. Excludes conferences held entirely at a government facility.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] · 20 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] reported raising $2.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr283.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr283 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113