HR 283
113th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Transportation costs
ACCOUNT Act
Introduced: January 15, 2013
Introduced by:
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Republican
· Tennessee
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 15, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan 15, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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