S 547
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying
CLEAR Act
Introduced: February 25, 2019
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Feb 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Connecting Lobbyists and Electeds for Accountability and Reform Act or the CLEAR Act
This bill requires reports filed by political committees, reports filed by persons making independent expenditures, and reports filed by persons making disbursements for electioneering communications to disclose if individuals identified in the reports are registered lobbyists.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
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