S 196 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2019

Introduced Jan 19, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Rob Portman R-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 10, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 19, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2019

This bill requires that any (1) report or other recorded information required to be submitted to Congress by an agency and any response from an agency to a request by a congressional office shall only be transmitted in an acceptable electronic format; and (2) structured data included in or with, or used to create any chart included in or with, any report or recorded information shall be transmitted in such format. Agencies must publish these reports and associated data on their public websites.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 19, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ALDoug JonesOriginalJan 19, 2019
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalJan 19, 2019
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalJan 19, 2019
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalJan 19, 2019
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalJan 19, 2019
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalJan 19, 2019
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalJan 19, 2019
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalJan 19, 2019

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 10, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-32.
  2. Apr 10, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
  3. Feb 13, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Jan 19, 2019Introduced in Senate
  5. Jan 19, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 10, 2019Reported to Senate
  2. Jan 19, 2019Introduced in Senate

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