1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Response from Executive Agencies to Congress on Time Act” or the “REACT Act”.
Response from Executive Agencies to Congress on Time Act
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require an executive agency to submit information to any committee of the House of Representatives upon the request of 7 of the members of the committee, and to submit information to any committee of the Senate upon the request of 5 of the members of the committee, if the information relates to any matter under the jurisdiction of the committee, and for other purposes.
2. Requiring submission of information to committees upon request of minimum number of committee members
Submission of information— Section 2954 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “agency, on request” and all that follows through “shall submit” and inserting the following: “agency, on request of any authorizing committee or permanent select committee of the House of Representatives or of any 7 members thereof, or on request of any authorizing or permanent select committee of the Senate or of any 5 members thereof, shall submit”.
Deadline for submission; enforcement— Section 2954 of such title is amended—
by striking “An Executive” and inserting “(a) Submission of information.—An Executive”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(b) Deadline—An Executive agency shall submit the information requested by a committee under subsection (a) not later than 45 days after the committee requests the information, or not later than such alternative deadline as the committee may specify in its request.
“(c) Enforcement—A committee, or any 7 members thereof (in the case of a committee of the House of Representatives) or any 5 members thereof (in the case of a committee of the Senate), which is aggrieved by a violation of this section by an Executive agency may file an action in the appropriate district court of the United States for such injunctive and declaratory relief as may be appropriate.”
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to requests made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.