[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E975-E976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SUPPORTING H.R. 736

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                           HON. HARLEY ROUDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 24, 2019

  Mr. ROUDA. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record the following 
letters from Chairman Cummings and Chairperson Lofgren in support of 
H.R. 736.

                                         House of Representatives,


                            Committee on Oversight and Reform,

                                    Washington, DC, July 17, 2019.
     Hon. Zoe Lofgren,
     Chairperson, Committee on House Administration, House of 
         Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Madam Chairperson: Thank you for your letter regarding 
     H.R. 736, the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act. 
     As you know, the bill was referred primarily to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Reform, with an additional referral to the 
     Committee on House Administration.
       I thank you for allowing the Committee on the House 
     Administration to be discharged from further consideration of 
     the bill to expedite floor consideration. This discharge in 
     no way affects your jurisdiction over the subject matter of 
     the bill, and it will not serve as precedent for future 
     referrals. In addition, should a conference on the bill be 
     necessary, I would support your request to have the Committee 
     on House Administration represented on the conference 
     committee.
       I would be pleased to include this letter and any response 
     in the bill report filed by the Committee on Oversight and 
     Reform, as well as in the Congressional Record during floor 
     consideration, to memorialize our understanding.
           Sincerely,
                                               Elijah E. Cummings,
                                                         Chairman.

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                                         House of Representatives,


                            Committee on House Administration,

                                    Washington, DC, July 17, 2019.
     Hon. Elijah E. Cummings,
     Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of 
         Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Cummings: I am writing to you regarding H.R. 
     736, the ``Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act.'' 
     This measure, introduced on January 23, 2019, was referred to 
     your committee as well as the Committee on House 
     Administration.
       The Committee on House Administration recognizes the 
     importance of H.R. 736 and the need to move this bill 
     expeditiously. Therefore, while we have valid jurisdictional 
     claims to this bill, the Committee on House Administration 
     will waive further consideration of H.R. 736. The Committee 
     does so with the understanding that by waiving further 
     consideration of this bill it does not waive any future 
     jurisdictional claims over similar measures.
       I would appreciate the inclusion of this letter and a copy 
     of your response in the Congressional Record during 
     consideration of H.R. 736 on the House floor.
           Sincerely,
                                                      Zoe Lofgren,
     Chairperson.

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