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HCONRES 25 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Recognizing the necessity of preserving official and unofficial records of meetings between the President of the United States and foreign leaders, for the purposes of promoting transparency and the…

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Recognizing the necessity of preserving official and unofficial records of meetings between the President of the United States and foreign leaders, for the purposes of promoting transparency and the national security of the United States of America.

Introduced: April 8, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the President must preserve (1) all records relating to his foreign meetings to ensure that his advisors, Congress, and the American people may have access to information regarding what transpired, especially in meetings with U.S. adversaries; and (2) notes taken during or documenting the content of presidential meetings with foreign leaders.

What's happening now March 14, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7
D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Sep 26, 2019
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 9, 2019
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Apr 15, 2019
Heck, Denny
· Apr 8, 2019
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 8, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 1, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Mar 27, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 25: Recognizing the necessity of preserving official and unofficial records of meetings between the President of the United States and foreign leaders, for the purposes of promoting transparency and the national security of the United States of America.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HCONRES-25/
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"H. Con. Res. 25: Recognizing the necessity of preserving official and unofficial records of meetings between the President of the United States and foreign leaders, for the purposes of promoting transparency and the national security of the United States of America.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HCONRES-25/.
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H. Con. Res. 25, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HCONRES-25/.
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[H. Con. Res. 25: Recognizing the necessity of preserving official and unofficial records of meetings between the President of the United States and foreign leaders, for the purposes of promoting transparency and the national security of the United States of America.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HCONRES-25/)
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