Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.
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.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
This bill eliminates the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress and transitions related oversight responsibilities to the Center for Legislative Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and others.
Under the bill, the Center for Legislative Archives must provide an annual report on the management and preservation of the records of Congress during the previous year to NARA, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. The first such report shall be provided by February 1 of the second calendar year after the bill’s enactment.
Further, the Archivist, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives must regularly meet to review the management and preservation of the records of Congress and Members of Congress. The meetings must occur within 60 days after the date on which the annual report is provided and within 180 days after the date on which an individual is appointed to the position of Archivist, the Secretary of the Senate, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
The committee is eliminated 60 days after the bill's enactment.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 10, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Sep 10, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Sep 6, 2024Markup Sep 11, 2024Reported Sep 18, 2024 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.
- Dec 16, 2024Mr. Steil moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 16, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7153)
- Dec 16, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9489.
- Dec 16, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7153)
- Dec 16, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 17, 2024Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-684.
- Sep 17, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 11, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 6, 2024Introduced in House
- Sep 6, 2024Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7153Text printed H7153 | Bryan Steil R-WI, Joseph D. Morelle D-NY | Dec 16, 2024 |
| House | Lists H5097H.R. 9489–9490 | — | Sep 9, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 21, 2024H.R. 9489, Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024As reported by the House Committee on House Administration on September 17, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 138, September 6, 2024, page H5033.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP OF H.R. 9488, H.R. 7764, H.R. 6394, H.R. 6969, H.R. 9489, H.R. 9487, and H.R. 624262 pages | Committee on House Administration | Sep 11, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 5093 | Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024 | Related bill | Dec 5, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To sunset the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Placed on Calendar Senate
- Dec 16, 2024Engrossed in House
- Sep 17, 2024Reported in House
- Sep 6, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
