CLEAN Congress Act
Latest action · Jan 3, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform of Congress Act or the CLEAN Congress Act
This bill (1) requires bills, orders, resolutions, or votes submitted by Congress to the President to include only one subject that is clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title; and (2) makes ineffective any provision of law that excludes its application to a Member of Congress or to an employee in a Member's office.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 3, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2019 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Jan 3, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jan 3, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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. 165, no. 1, January 3, 2019, page H215.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 99 | CLEAN Congress Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 1, 2021 |
| HR 1612 | Nonpartisan Bill For the People Act of 2019 | Related bill | Apr 12, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit a single bill or joint resolution presented by Congress to the President from containing multiple subjects and to require the equal application of laws to Members of Congress.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CLEAN Congress Act
- Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform of Congress Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2019Introduced 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 bill 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.
