3.0.0 2571 2023-01-11T13:22:44Z 2023-01-11T13:22:44Z House H HR 2011-07-15 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SCHOCK:H.R. 2571.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8, andAmendment X of the United States Constitution.[Page H5127]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2011-07-15T14:00:30Z 2011-07-15 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2011-07-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001179 Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18] Aaron Schock R IL 18 N Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2011-07-15 True O000169 Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23] William Owens D NY L. 23 2011-07-21 False P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2011-10-14 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2011-11-01 False Congress Congressional Research Service (CRS) Congressional agencies Government information and archives Library of Congress Congress 00 2011-07-15 Introduced in House 2011-07-18T17:35:49Z Transparency and Accountability in Government Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to authorize the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), in response to a request made by a Member of Congress, to secure such information, data, estimates, and statistics directly from the various departments, agencies, and establishments of the executive branch and the regulatory agencies and commissions as the Director determines (with the approval of the Member making the request) to be necessary to carry out the request.

Requires all such departments, agencies, establishments, and regulatory agencies and commissions to furnish the Director with all such available material (other than material the disclosure of which would be a violation of law).

]]> Transparency and Accountability in Government Act Display Title Transparency and Accountability in Government Act Official Title as Introduced To provide the Director of the Congressional Research Service with the authority to obtain information directly from agencies of the Federal government. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Transparency and Accountability in Government Act Introduced in House 2011-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2571ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2571ih.xml 2011-07-15 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.