H.Res. 526: Improving Transparency for the American People Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-25 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Improving Transparency for the American People Act of 2019

Plain summary

Improving Transparency for the American People Act of 2019 This resolution expands the duties of the Clerk of the House of Representatives to include reporting on adoption of a standardized format for certain legislative documents, assessing funding and other resources needed to expedite and complete the legislation comparison project, and assigning unique identifiers to persons required to file lobbying statements or reports with the Clerk. The resolution requires the Clerk's website to include a database of the expiration dates of all federal programs and a database of certain recorded votes taken in committees, beginning with the 116th Congress.

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Official text

Improving Transparency for the American People Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] · 11 cosponsors

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Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hres526.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hres>

Record fed-us-cong116-hres526 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116