SHAM Act
Latest action · Feb 6, 2020 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Statement of Harm to the American Majority Act or the SHAM Act
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct an audit of the use of funds and loss of productivity relating to the impeachment and trial of President Donald Trump.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2020 to Feb 10, 2020; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-VA | Denver Riggleman | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Original | Feb 6, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Feb 6, 2020 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2020Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2020Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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. 166, no. 25, February 6, 2020, page H936.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an audit relating to the impeachment inquiry and trial of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SHAM Act
- Statement of Harm to the American Majority Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Accounting and auditing
- Congress
- Congressional committees
- Congressional leadership
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government studies and investigations
- House Committee on Financial Services
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- House Committee on Oversight and Reform
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- House of Representatives
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2020Introduced 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.
