S 547 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

CLEAR Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 25, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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. IntroducedFeb 25, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Connecting Lobbyists and Electeds for Accountability and Reform Act or the CLEAR Act

This bill requires reports filed by political committees, reports filed by persons making independent expenditures, and reports filed by persons making disbursements for electioneering communications to disclose if individuals identified in the reports are registered lobbyists.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 25, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 25, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Related bills 4

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1For the People Act of 2019Related billMar 14, 2019
HR 842CLEAR ActIdentical billJan 29, 2019
S 949For the People Act of 2019Related billMar 28, 2019
HR 1612Nonpartisan Bill For the People Act of 2019Related billApr 12, 2019

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 25, 2019Introduced in Senate

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