Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a witness who appears before any committee of the House of Representatives in a nongovernmental capacity to disclose certain amounts received from the Federal Government or a foreign government or certain foreign entities, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Nov 18, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 18, 2021
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution modifies requirements for written statements required of nongovernmental witnesses who appear before standing committees of the House of Representatives. Specifically, the resolution eliminates a requirement that a witness disclose whether they are a fiduciary of an organization or entity that has an interest in the subject matter of the hearing, in favor of a requirement that they disclose whether they are a fiduciary of an entity that has received payments from a specified foreign entity. The resolution also requires nongovernmental witnesses to disclose in their written statement certain contracts with specified foreign persons or entities.
If the committee determines that a witness knowingly and willfully failed to truthfully comply with such disclosure requirements, the witness is prohibited from testifying before the committee for three years.
Cosponsors 46
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2021 to Dec 7, 2021, with 37 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
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- Nov 18, 2021Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Asia
- Caribbean area
- China
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Contracts and agency
- Corporate finance and management
- Cuba
- Europe
- Evidence and witnesses
- Foreign and international corporations
- House of Representatives
- Iran
- Latin America
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Middle East
- North Korea
- Political parties and affiliation
- Public participation and lobbying
- Russia
- Venezuela
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- Nov 18, 2021Introduced in House
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