Transparency in Government Act of 2019
Latest action · Dec 18, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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.
- IntroducedNov 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Transparency in Government Act of 2019
This bill establishes reporting, disclosure, and other requirements across all branches of government to expand public access to information such as federal spending, Supreme Court proceedings, and White House visitor access records.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 21, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 21, 2019 |
Committees 7
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 Nov 18, 2019 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2019 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Nov 18, 2019 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2019 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Dec 18, 2019 | |
| House | Ethics Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2019 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2019 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Nov 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2019Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, Financial Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 184, November 18, 2019, page H8959.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46435 | Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): Background and Issues for Congress | Report | Sep 15, 2026 |
| TE10072 | Enhancing the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 | Testimony | Apr 8, 2022 |
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 736 | Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act | Related bill | Jul 18, 2019 |
| S 822 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act | Related bill | Mar 14, 2019 |
| HR 1164 | Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 25, 2019 |
| HR 2055 | Transparency in Government Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Oct 19, 2021 |
| S 2560 | Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 2, 2020 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the Financial Stability Act of 2010, and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Transparency in Government Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- See UNdisclosed Legal Interpretations and Get Honest Transparency Act of 2019
- Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Appropriations
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Budget process
- Civil actions and liability
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional committees
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Debt collection
- Department of Justice
- Department of the Treasury
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal officials
- Financial crises and stabilization
- Financial Stability Oversight Council
- Freedom of information
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- House of Representatives
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Judicial review and appeals
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Library of Congress
- Licensing and registrations
- Marketing and advertising
- Members of Congress
- Performance measurement
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Senate
- Sound recording
- Supreme Court
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Television and film
- Transportation costs
- U.S. Capitol
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 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.
