119-hr3507

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3507 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3507

To require the chairs of committees of the House of Representatives and 
 the Senate to submit certain information to the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate with respect to reported 
 bills and joint resolutions, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 20, 2025

 Mr. Burchett (for himself and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to 
the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To require the chairs of committees of the House of Representatives and 
 the Senate to submit certain information to the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate with respect to reported 
 bills and joint resolutions, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION 
 FOR BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

    (a) Requirements With Respect to Certain Amendments.--

    (1) In general.--With respect to a bill or joint resolution 
 reported by a committee of the House of Representatives or the 
 Senate, the chair of such committee shall submit to the Clerk 
 of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate 
 (as the case may be), not later than 3 legislative days after 
 the date that the bill or resolution is reported by the 
 committee, the name of any Member of Congress who submitted an 
 amendment to the bill or resolution which was adopted by the 
 committee.

    (2) Amendments adopted with respect to matters that pass 
 either house.--With respect to a bill or joint resolution 
 passed by the House of Representatives or the Senate, the chair 
 of the Committee on Rules of the House or the Committee on 
 Rules and Administration of the Senate shall submit to the 
 Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the 
 Senate (as the case may be), not later than 3 legislative days 
 after the date that the bill or resolution is passed by such 
 House, the name of any Member of Congress who submitted an 
 amendment to the bill or resolution which was adopted by such 
 House.

    (b) Special Rule With Respect to Matters Reported by Certain 
Committees.--With respect to a bill or joint resolution reported by the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House, or the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate, the chair of such committee shall submit to 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the 
Senate (as the case may be), not later than 3 legislative days after 
the date that the bill or resolution is reported by the committee, the 
name of each Member of Congress who is responsible for the inclusion of 
a provision in the bill or resolution as reported by the committee.
            (c) Inclusion of Certain Information in Bills or Resolutions.--The 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate (as 
the case may be), and the Director of the Government Publishing Office 
shall ensure that any name submitted under subsection

    (a) or

    (b) with 
respect to a bill or resolution is included in any reported, engrossed, 
enrolled or enacted version of the bill or resolution in the form of a 
footnote that indicates which adopted amendment or provision in the 
bill or resolution any such Member submitted for or is otherwise 
responsible for its inclusion in such version of the bill or 
resolution, as applicable.
            (d) Member of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term ``Member 
of Congress'' means a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

    (e) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--The provisions of this section 
are enacted by the Congress--

    (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
 Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they 
 shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, 
 respectively, or of that House to which they specifically 
 apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the 
 extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and

    (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
 either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such 
 House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
 as in the case of any other rule of such House.
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