MAR-A-LAGO Act
Latest action · Mar 23, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 23, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act or the MAR-A-LAGO Act
This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of:
- the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other location at which the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business (covered location);
- the name of each individual with whom the visitor met at the covered location; and
- the purpose of the visit.
The President shall not include in the database any such record: (1) the posting of which would implicate personal privacy or law enforcement concerns or threaten national security, or (2) relating to a purely personal guest at a covered location.
For a particularly sensitive meeting, the President shall: (1) include in the database the number of visitors at the covered location, and (2) post the applicable records in the database when their release is no longer sensitive.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 23, 2017 |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Apr 20, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | May 2, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | May 17, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 18, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | May 18, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | May 23, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 13, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 51, March 23, 2017, page H2370.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 721 | MAR-A-LAGO Act | Identical bill | Mar 23, 2017 |
| S 1880 | We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017 | Related bill | Sep 27, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the disclosure of certain visitor access records.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- MAR-A-LAGO Act
- Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2017Introduced in House
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