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HRES 39 105th Congress House Congress Congressional committees (House) Congressional hearings Congressional reporting requirements Congressional witnesses Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Grants-in-aid House rules and procedure

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to afford witnesses greater freedom to provide information to House committees by eliminating current administrative requirements.

Introduced: February 5, 1997 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 24, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.
Feb 5, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Feb 5, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends rule XI (rules of procedures for committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to repeal provisions which require the written statement of proposed testimony required to be submitted by a witness appearing before a committee in a nongovernmental capacity to include a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the amount and source of any Federal grant or contract received during the current fiscal year or either of the two previous fiscal years by such witness or by an entity represented by the witness.

What's happening now February 24, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.

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