[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 491 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 491

   Requiring Members of the House of Representatives to post monthly 
   activity reports on their official public websites, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2023

 Ms. Porter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Requiring Members of the House of Representatives to post monthly 
   activity reports on their official public websites, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Congress at Work Act''.

SEC. 2. POSTING OF MONTHLY MEMBER ACTIVITY REPORTS.

    (a) Requirement.--Each Member of the House of Representatives, 
including each Delegate and Resident Commissioner to the Congress, 
shall post on the Member's official public website a monthly activity 
report which consists of the following information:
            (1) Information on the Member's schedule during the month, 
        as described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b).
            (2) Information on the Member's activity at committee 
        hearings and other meetings during the month, as described in 
        paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
            (3) Information on the Member's voting record during the 
        month, as described in paragraph (3) of subsection (b).
            (4) Information on the Member's legislative activity during 
        the month, as described in paragraph (4) of subsection (b).
    (b) Description of Information Required.--
            (1) Schedule.--The information described in this paragraph 
        is a description of the Member's schedule, including a list of 
        the meetings and events the Member actually attended which were 
        related to the Member's official and representational duties 
        and the names of the individuals and entities who attended 
        meetings with the Member.
            (2) Committee activity.--The information described in this 
        paragraph is a record of the Member's attendance at hearings 
        and other meetings of each standing, special, and select 
        committee of the House on which the Member sits, together with 
        a record of how the Member voted on each recorded vote (if any) 
        taken at such meetings, presented in the form of a hyperlink to 
        the report posted by the committee under section 3.
            (3) Voting record.--The information described in this 
        paragraph is a record of how the Member voted on each recorded 
        vote taken in the House or the Committee of the Whole House on 
        the State of the Union, as follows:
                    (A) The number of the bill, resolution, joint 
                resolution, conference report, or amendment involved, 
                together with a hyperlink to the bill, resolution, 
                joint resolution, conference report, or amendment on 
                congress.gov.
                    (B) The roll call number of the recorded vote, 
                together with a hyperlink to the roll call number on 
                the site of the Office of the Clerk of the House.
                    (C) The date on which the vote was recorded.
                    (D) How the Member voted.
                    (E) A brief description of the bill, resolution, 
                joint resolution, conference report, or amendment 
                involved, or (if applicable) the short title of the 
                bill, resolution, joint resolution, or conference 
                report.
            (4) Legislative activity.--The information described in 
        this paragraph is a description of each bill, resolution, and 
        joint resolution which the Member sponsored or cosponsored, 
        presented in the form of a single hyperlink through 
        congress.gov to all such bills, resolutions, and joint 
        resolution.
    (c) Deadline.--A Member shall meet the requirements of this section 
with respect to a month not later than the earlier of--
            (1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or
            (2) the last day of the Congress in which the month occurs.

SEC. 3. POSTING OF MEMBER ACTIVITY REPORTS BY COMMITTEES.

    (a) Requirement.--Each standing, special, and select committee of 
the House of Representatives shall post on its official public website 
a monthly report on the attendance of the members of the committee at 
the hearings and other meetings the committee holds during the month, 
together with the votes cast by members at such meetings.
    (b) Format of Report.--A committee shall post the report required 
under subsection (a) in a searchable and downloadable format.
    (c) Deadline.--A committee shall meet the requirements of this 
section with respect to a month not later than the earlier of--
            (1) 60 days after the last day of the month; or
            (2) the last day of the Congress in which the month occurs.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

    (a) Promulgation of Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--The Committee on House Administration 
        shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
        out this resolution, including regulations to enforce the 
        requirements of this resolution.
            (2) Preventing disclosure of classified information.--In 
        promulgating regulations under this subsection, the Committee 
        shall ensure that the posting of information by a Member under 
        section 2 and the posting of reports by a committee under 
        section 3 does not result in the disclosure of classified 
        information.
    (b) Information From CAO.--The Chief Administrative Officer shall 
notify the Committee on House Administration if a Member or committee 
fails to meet the applicable requirements of this resolution.
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