3.0.0 4631 2022-03-02T05:25:07Z 2022-03-02T05:25:07Z House H HR 2012-04-25 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALSH of Illinois:H.R. 4631.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause I of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution``The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes,duties, impost and excises, to pay the debts and provide forthe common defense and general welfare of the United States;but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States''[Page H2127]]]> ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-09-12T20:26:35Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Reported by 2012-09-11T16:32:48Z Markup by 2012-06-27T18:43:24Z Referred to 2012-04-25T14:10:10Z H. Rept. 112-664 2012-09-12 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2012-09-11 12:47:03 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2012-09-11 12:47:00 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5776-5777) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2012-09-11 12:47:00 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5776-5777) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2012-09-11 12:35:22 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4631. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2012-09-11 12:35:18 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5776-5778) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2012-09-11 12:35:01 Mr. Walsh (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2012-09-11 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00479 2012-09-11 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 112-664. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2012-09-11 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 112-664. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2012-06-27 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2012-06-27 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2012-04-25 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2012-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000811 Rep. Walsh, Joe [R-IL-8] Joe Walsh R IL 8 N L000576 Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] Billy Long R MO 7 2012-04-25 True M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2012-04-25 True P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 2012-04-25 True L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2012-05-08 False B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2012-05-08 False L000574 Rep. Landry, Jeffrey M. [R-LA-3] Jeffrey Landry R LA M. 3 2012-05-08 False L000569 Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9] Blaine Luetkemeyer R MO 9 2012-05-08 False K000376 Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] Mike Kelly R PA 3 2012-06-26 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Congressional oversight Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-04-25 Introduced in House 2012-05-26T16:41:36Z Government Spending Accountability Act of 2012 or the GSA Act of 2012 - Requires the head of each federal agency to submit to Congress, not less frequently than quarterly, a detailed, itemized report on any conference or meeting for which the agency must pay a fee and that: (1) is attended by 50 or more employees, or (2) has a total cost of $100,000 or more.  Exempts any conference or meeting: (1) for which an agency head determines complying with such reporting requirement would not be in the interest of national security, or (2) which an agency head determines is necessary because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency. 

]]> 36 2012-09-11 Passed House amended 2012-10-10T20:28:36Z Government Spending Accountability Act of 2012 or the GSA Act of 2012 - Requires each federal agency to post on its public website detailed information on employee presentations at conferences, including: (1) the prepared text of any verbal presentation; and (2) any visual, digital, video, or audio materials presented, including photographs, slides, and audio-visual recordings.

Limits to $500,000 the amount that any agency may spend to support a single conference. Allows an agency head to waive such limitation for a specific conference after making a determination that a higher expenditure is justified as the most cost-effective option to achieve a compelling purpose.

Prohibits an agency from paying the travel expenses for more than 50 employees stationed in the United States to attend any international conference, unless the Secretary of State determines that attendance of such employees is in the national interest.

Requires each agency to post on its public website quarterly reports on each conference for which the agency paid travel expenses during the preceding three months.

Limits agency travel expenses for FY2013-FY2017 to 70% of the aggregate amount of such expenses for FY2010. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish guidelines for determining what expenses constitute travel expenses for purposes of the ceiling imposed on such expenses. Exempts from such limitation military travel expenses.

]]> GSA Act of 2012 Short Titles as Passed House Government Spending Accountability Act of 2012 H House Short Titles as Introduced Government Spending Accountability Act of 2012 Short Titles as Passed House GSA Act of 2012 H House Short Titles as Introduced GSA Act of 2012 Official Titles as Amended by House To amend title 5, United States Code, to institute spending limits and transparency requirements for Federal conference and travel expenditures, and for other purposes. H House Official Title as Introduced To require quarterly reports on agency conferences and meetings, and for other purposes. Display Title GSA Act of 2012 Referred in Senate 2012-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4631rfs/xml/BILLS-112hr4631rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2012-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4631eh/xml/BILLS-112hr4631eh.xml Reported in House 2012-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4631rh/xml/BILLS-112hr4631rh.xml Introduced in House 2012-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr4631ih/xml/BILLS-112hr4631ih.xml 2012-09-12 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.