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H.R. 8597 118th Congress House

Transparency in Government Act of 2024

Official title: To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the Legislative Reorganization A… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the Financial Stability Act of 2010, and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 3, 2024 Introduced by: Mike Quigley Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Jun 3, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, Financial Services, 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.
Jun 3, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 3, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, Financial Services, 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.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 3, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8597: Transparency in Government Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8597/
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"H.R. 8597: Transparency in Government Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8597/.
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H.R. 8597, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8597/.
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