[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8999 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8999

    To require the speeches and schedules of the heads of executive 
    agencies to be made publicly available, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2020

  Mr. Beyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the speeches and schedules of the heads of executive 
    agencies to be made publicly available, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparent Leadership Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF SPEECHES AND SCHEDULES OF HEADS OF 
              EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.

    (a) Public Availability of Speeches.--
            (1) Speeches given during covered period.--With respect to 
        a speech given by the head of an executive agency during the 
        covered period, a copy of such speech shall be publicly 
        available not later than 6 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Speeches given after date of enactment.--With respect 
        to a speech given by the head of an executive agency after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, a copy of such speech shall 
        be publicly available not later than 30 days after the date on 
        which such speech is given.
    (b) Public Availability of Schedules.--
            (1) Schedules for date during covered period.--With respect 
        to a schedule of the head of an executive agency for a date 
        occurring during the covered period, a copy of such schedule 
        shall be publicly published not later than 6 months after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Schedules for date after date of enactment.--With 
        respect to a schedule of the head of an executive agency for a 
        date occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
        copy of such schedule shall be publicly published not later 
        than 30 days after such date.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' means the 
        period beginning on January 20, 2017 and ending on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' means 
        an agency, department, or instrumentality in the executive 
        branch of the Federal Government.
            (3) Head of an executive agency.--The term ``head of an 
        executive agency'' includes, with respect to the United States 
        Postal Service, the Postmaster General and the Deputy 
        Postmaster General.
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