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HR 841 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Public participation and lobbying Telephone and wireless communication

Phone The White House Act

Introduced: February 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Feb 2, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Feb 2, 2017
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Phone the White House Act

This bill specifies that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to the Executive Office of the President for any period during which a system is not in effect in which members of the public may submit comments to the office by telephone.

What's happening now February 2, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 3, 2017
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Tonko, Paul
New York · Feb 3, 2017
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 2, 2017
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 2, 2017
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Feb 2, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 2, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 2, 2017
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Takano, Mark
California · Feb 2, 2017
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 841: Phone The White House Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-841/
MLA
"H.R. 841: Phone The White House Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-841/.
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H.R. 841, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-841/.
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