S 196
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversight
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Legislative rules and procedure
Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2019
Introduced: January 19, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 10, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
Apr 10, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-32.
Feb 13, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 19, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 19, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2019
This bill requires that any (1) report or other recorded information required to be submitted to Congress by an agency and any response from an agency to a request by a congressional office shall only be transmitted in an acceptable electronic format; and (2) structured data included in or with, or used to create any chart included in or with, any report or recorded information shall be transmitted in such format. Agencies must publish these reports and associated data on their public websites.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
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