3.0.0 3548 2023-01-11T13:29:52Z 2023-01-11T13:29:52Z House HR 2015-09-17 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 134 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KIND:H.R. 3548.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H6138]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-09-17T14:02:00Z 2015-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2015-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-09-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 N P000594 Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] Erik Paulsen R MN 3 2015-09-17 True Government Operations and Politics Business expenses Congressional oversight Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Transportation costs Travel and tourism Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-09-17 Introduced in House 2015-09-28T14:11:49Z Transparency Requirements for Agency Conferences and Events Act or the TRACE Act

This bill requires the head of a federal agency who is hosting a conference or sending an agency employee to a conference to submit to the relevant congressional committee, not later than 30 days before the conference, a report that includes: (1) an itemized statement of the cost of attending the conference, including the total cost; (2) the total cost to the agency hosting the conference; (3) the names of keynote speakers; (4) a list of conference attendees; (5) the location of the conference; (6) a summary of the purposes and goals of the conference; and (7) a conference itinerary. Defines "conference" as a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, training, or other event that involves travel for 50 or more attendees.

]]> TRACE Act Display Title TRACE Act Official Title as Introduced To increase transparency of agencies by requiring a report describing any proposed conference. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced TRACE Act Short Titles as Introduced Transparency Requirements for Agency Conferences and Events Act Introduced in House 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3548ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3548ih.xml 2015-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.