HR 2055
117th Congress
House
Congress
Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Budget process
Civil actions and liability
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Congressional agencies
Congressional committees
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Debt collection
Department of Justice
Department of the Treasury
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Transparency in Government Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Mar 18, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, Financial Services, the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Transparency in Government Act of 2021
This bill establishes and otherwise modifies several reporting, disclosure, and other requirements across all branches of government to expand public access to information.
For example, with respect to the legislative branch, the bill- establishes additional financial disclosure requirements for Members of Congress,
- requires congressional committees to post certain materials (e.g., schedules and transcripts) within specified time frames, and
- provides for the creation of a centralized online database of congressionally mandated reports.
Additionally, with respect to the executive branch, the bill
- requires agencies to publicly disclose additional information relating to sponsored advertisements, budget requests, and grant recipients;
- requires certain legal advisory opinions and rulemaking materials to be published within specified time frames; and
- provides for the appointment of a special counsel to prosecute individuals in the executive branch for contempt of Congress.
Finally, with respect to the judicial branch, the bill
- requires the Supreme Court to allow proceedings that are conducted in open court to be televised,
- requires certain financial disclosure statements of judicial officers to be posted within specified time frames, and
- requires certain electronic filing systems to be consolidated and meet certain data standards (e.g., search functions).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cosponsors
1