HRES 273 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Providing that material obtained or generated by the office of a Member in response to a casework request from a constituent is to be treated as material in the possession of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 26, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedMar 26, 2021
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

This resolution requires that material obtained or generated by a Member's office in response to a constituent casework request be treated as material in possession of the House. This is to enable the Member's successor to obtain access to the material.

The Committee on House Administration must implement regulations to carry out this requirement.

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. Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Mar 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 26, 2021Introduced in House

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