3.0.0 1220 2022-11-01T19:47:17Z 2022-11-05T19:24:47Z Senate S 2019-04-11 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-11T21:06:26Z Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019 116 1608 HR 2019-03-13 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2019-04-11 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-04-11 True Government Operations and Politics Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Political parties and affiliation Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-26T12:39:46Z Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019

This bill revises provisions regarding federal advisory committees, including to (1) require designation of committee members as special government employees or representatives, (2) apply the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to subcommittees and subgroups, and (3) require publication of certain information about advisory committees.

The bill requires appointments to advisory committees to be made without regard to political affiliation or campaign activity, unless required by federal statute. Each agency, prior to appointing members to an advisory committee, must solicit nominations for potential committee members. The agency shall solicit nominations at least once every two years.

The bill provides statutory authority for the designation of advisory committee members as special government employees (if they are appointed to exercise their individual best judgement) or representatives (if they are appointed to represent a nongovernment entity). Agencies may not designate committee members as representatives to avoid federal ethics rules.

Each agency shall make available on its website specified information about each of the agency's advisory committees, including membership, meeting minutes, and notices of future meetings. The General Services Administration must also publish this information.

The bill revises requirements for Advisory Committee Management Officers, including to require them to be senior officials with expertise in implementing FACA.

The Government Accountability Office shall report on agency compliance with FACA.

]]> Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019 Display Title Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to increase the transparency of Federal advisory committees, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1220is/xml/BILLS-116s1220is.xml 2019-04-11 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.