CLEAR Act
Latest action · Feb 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 55
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2025 to Apr 7, 2025; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dave Min | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Feb 18, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Apr 7, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 25, February 6, 2025, page H557.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To clarify the applicability of the Freedom of Information Act to certain federally established entities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CLEAR Act
- Consistent Legal Expectations and Access to Records Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2025Introduced 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.
