Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession.
Latest action · Jul 28, 2017 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 73.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 12, 2017
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Requests the President to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any documents or communications in the possession of the General Services Administration (GSA) that refer or relate to:
- guidance or direction to the Acting Administrator or other staff of the GSA regarding responses to requests for information from Members of Congress,
- the lease agreement between the Trump Old Post Office LLC and the federal government (Ground Lease No. GS-LS-11-11307) or
- legal memoranda or opinions generated by the government related to such lease.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 12, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 12, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2017Markup Jul 27, 2017Reported Jul 28, 2017 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jul 13, 2017Discharged Jul 27, 2017 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2017Reported adversely by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-269.
- Jul 28, 2017Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 73.
- Jul 27, 2017Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
- Jul 27, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 27, 2017Ordered to be Reported Unfavorably by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 24.
- Jul 13, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 12, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40879 | Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2017 Archived | Report | Nov 9, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Business records
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Federal officials
- Financial services and investments
- General Services Administration
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Lease and rental services
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2017Reported in House
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
