[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 135 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 135

 Requiring the posting of information on the disbursements made during 
 each session of Congress from the Members' Representational Allowance 
on official public Internet sites of the House of Representatives, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2011

    Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Himes) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Requiring the posting of information on the disbursements made during 
 each session of Congress from the Members' Representational Allowance 
on official public Internet sites of the House of Representatives, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Holding Congress Accountable 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ONLINE POSTING OF DISBURSEMENTS FROM MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL 
              ALLOWANCE.

    (a) Requiring Posting.--
            (1) In general.--With respect to each session of a 
        Congress--
                    (A) the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
                of Representatives shall post on the official public 
                Internet site of the House of Representatives a 
                statement showing each disbursement made from the 
                Members' Representational Allowance during that 
                session, and include as part of the statement 
                hyperlinks to information on the amount of such 
                disbursements which are attributable to each specific 
                Member of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) except as provided in paragraph (2), each 
                Member of the House of Representatives shall include on 
                the Member's official public Internet site a hyperlink 
                to the information provided on the House of 
                Representatives site under subparagraph (A) with 
                respect to the disbursements made by the Member.
            (2) Exception for former members.--Paragraph (1)(B) does 
        not apply to any individual who is not a Member of the House of 
        Representatives at the time the Chief Administrative Officer 
        posts the statement described in paragraph (1)(A).
    (b) Source of Information.--The information provided on the House 
of Representatives site under subsection (a)(1) shall be based on the 
reports of disbursements for the operations of the House of 
Representatives which are submitted by the Chief Administrative Officer 
under section 106 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform 
Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 104b).
    (c) Deadlines.--
            (1) Chief administrative officer.--The Chief Administrative 
        Officer shall post the information required under subsection 
        (a)(1) with respect to a session of Congress not later than 30 
        days after the publication of the final report of disbursements 
        for the operations of the House of Representatives (as 
        described in subsection (b)) for that session.
            (2) Members.--Each Member of the House of Representatives 
        shall meet the requirements of subsection (a)(2) not later than 
        5 days after the Chief Administrative Officer posts the 
        information required under subsection (a)(1) with respect to a 
        session of Congress.
    (d) Member Defined.--In this section, a ``Member of the House of 
Representatives'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress.
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