Senate Bill 196
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 19, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
196
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
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.
04/10/2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
04/10/2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-32.
02/13/2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
01/19/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
01/19/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 7:32:20 PM