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Title II — Enhancing Public Access to the Work of Congressional Committees, Legislation, and Votes

H.R. 4245 · 113th Congress · Mar 13, 2014 · Lineage

II Enhancing Public Access to the Work of Congressional Committees, Legislation, and Votes

Sec. 201 Increased transparency of committee work

(a)
In the House of Representatives— Clause 1 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(b)
In the Senate— Comparable language to be added by the Senate.

Sec. 202 Increased transparency of committee schedules through the Clerk

Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

Sec. 203 Increased transparency of recorded votes

(a)
Additional duties of the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate— The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall post on the public Internet site of the Office of the Clerk or of the Secretary, respectively, a record, organized by the name of each Member or Senator, in a structured data format, of the recorded votes of that Member or Senator, including the roll, date, issue, question, result, and title or description of the vote, and any cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office related to the vote.
(b)
Web link— Each Member shall provide a link to the Clerk of the House of Representatives of a list of recorded votes from that Member’s website, and each Senator shall provide a link to the Secretary of the Senate of a list of recorded votes from that Senator’s website.
(c)
Definition— As used in this section, the term Member means a Representative in Congress, a delegate to Congress, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
(d)
Effective date— This section shall apply to recorded votes occurring after the date of enactment of this Act.