S 769 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

MAR-A-LAGO Act

Introduced Mar 13, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Udall D-NM

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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. IntroducedMar 13, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot 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 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 13, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-ORRon WydenOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalMar 13, 2019
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalMar 13, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 13, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 13, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1736MAR-A-LAGO ActIdentical billMar 13, 2019

Subjects

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

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  1. Mar 13, 2019Introduced in Senate

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