House Bill 1736
116th Congress(2019-2020)
MAR-A-LAGO Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 13, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1736
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 House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act or the MAR-A-LAGO Act
This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of
- the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other location at which the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business (covered location);
- the name of each individual with whom the visitor met at the covered location; and
- the purpose of the visit.
The President shall not include in the database any such record (1) the posting of which would implicate personal privacy or law enforcement concerns or threaten national security, or (2) relating to a purely personal guest at a covered location.
For a particularly sensitive meeting, the President shall (1) include in the database the number of visitors at the covered location, and (2) post the applicable records in the database when their release is no longer sensitive.
March 13, 2019
03/13/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
03/13/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 5:47:15 PM