[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 657 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 657

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require all 
   transcripts and recordings submitted during a closed hearing of a 
  committee be made available to all Members on the same schedule and 
                                 basis.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2019

     Mr. Burchett (for himself, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
 DesJarlais, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Gonzalez of 
 Ohio, Mr. Guest, Mr. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Riggleman, Mr. David 
  P. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. John W. Rose of Tennessee, Mr. Kustoff of 
Tennessee, Mr. Roy, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Olson, Mr. Curtis, Mr. 
    Weber of Texas, Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Guthrie) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require all 
   transcripts and recordings submitted during a closed hearing of a 
  committee be made available to all Members on the same schedule and 
                                 basis.

Whereas all Members of the House of Representatives are duly elected by their 
        constituents; and
Whereas each Member of the House of Representatives, by virtue of holding their 
        elected office, is cleared to view and hear sensitive classified 
        information: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``LEAC Transcripts Resolution 
(Let Everyone Access a Copy of Transcripts Resolution)''.

SEC. 2. EQUAL ACCESS.

    That rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
``Equal access
    ``7. Any transcripts of proceedings, audio or video recordings of 
proceedings, written testimony, and any supporting information 
submitted during a classified or otherwise closed hearing, briefing, 
deposition, interview or other official meeting of any standing, ad 
hoc, or select committees shall be made available to all Members on the 
same schedule and basis as it is made available to members of the 
committee before which the proceedings occurred or to which the 
information or testimony was submitted.''.
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