Improving Transparency for the American People Act of 2019 2019-07-25 Introduced in House Improving Transparency for the American People Act of 2019

This resolution expands the duties of the Clerk of the House of Representatives to include

  • reporting on adoption of a standardized format for certain legislative documents,
  • assessing funding and other resources needed to expedite and complete the legislation comparison project, and
  • assigning unique identifiers to persons required to file lobbying statements or reports with the Clerk.

The resolution requires the Clerk's website to include a database of the expiration dates of all federal programs and a database of certain recorded votes taken in committees, beginning with the 116th Congress.

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