3.0.0 2641 2022-02-09T02:12:19Z 2022-02-09T02:12:19Z House HR 2019-05-09 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 77 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HIMES:H.R. 2641.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution, as this legislation provides for the generalwelfare of the United States.[Page H3681]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-05-09T14:02:25Z 2019-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2019-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001047 Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] James Himes D CT A. 4 N Government Operations and Politics Government information and archives News media and reporting Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-05-09 Introduced in House 2019-09-19T18:36:39Z Free Press Act of 2019

This bill requires the President or his designee, at least twice a week, to brief members of the press assigned to report on the White House on the official business of the President.

Each briefing shall be video recorded and transmitted to the public.

]]> Free Press Act of 2019 Display Title Free Press Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To require the President, or a designee of the President, to provide frequent press briefings covering the official business of the President to the White House press corps. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Free Press Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2641ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2641ih.xml 2019-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and 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.