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HR 7616 117th Congress House Government Operations and Politics

To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are resolved, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 28, 2022 Introduced by: Bentz, Cliff Republican · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Apr 28, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill reduces the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless it processes and resolves before October 1, 2022, a personnel records backlog of 600,000 requests.

What's happening now April 28, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Republican 10
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Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · May 6, 2022
Bucshon, Larry
· Apr 28, 2022
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Apr 28, 2022
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Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Apr 28, 2022
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Fulcher, Russ
Idaho · Apr 28, 2022
Gaetz, Matt
· Apr 28, 2022
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Apr 28, 2022
Herrell, Yvette
· Apr 28, 2022
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Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Apr 28, 2022
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Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Apr 28, 2022
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Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Apr 28, 2022
Posey, Bill
· Apr 28, 2022
Rodgers, Cathy
· Apr 28, 2022
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Tiffany, Thomas P.
Wisconsin · Apr 28, 2022
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Apr 28, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7616: To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are resolved, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7616/
MLA
"H.R. 7616: To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are resolved, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7616/.
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H.R. 7616, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7616/.
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[H.R. 7616: To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are resolved, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7616/)
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