HR 1736 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

MAR-A-LAGO Act

Introduced Mar 13, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Mike Quigley D-IL

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Latest action · Mar 13, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 13, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2019 to Mar 18, 2019; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-ILBill FosterOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMar 13, 2019
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 13, 2019
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-ILSean CastenOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-FLVal Butler DemingsOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-INAndré CarsonMar 18, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooMar 18, 2019
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonMar 18, 2019
D-MIRashida TlaibMar 18, 2019
D-CAZoe LofgrenMar 18, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Mar 13, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 13, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Mar 13, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 45, March 13, 2019, page H2718.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 769MAR-A-LAGO ActIdentical billMar 13, 2019
HR 3118Access to White House Visitor Logs ActReintroduced BillMay 11, 2021

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 Title(s) 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.

  1. Mar 13, 2019Introduced in House

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