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Transparency in Government Act of 2015
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Transparency in Government Act of 2015 Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Rules of the House of Representatives to expand disclosure requirements for the personal financial information of Members of Congress and for foreign travel, gifts, earmarks, and representational allowances. Requires the Comptroller General to study the effect of written requests by Members of Congress to executive agencies to carry out and provide funding for projects and activities. Requires each congressional committee to: (1) post on its website the schedule for public hearings and markups conducted by each committee, and (2) submit to the Clerk of the House of Representatives a complete list of all public hearings and markup schedules of the committee and its subcommittees for posting on the House website. Requires the Clerk and the Secretary of the Senate to: (1) post on their respective websites voting record information for each Member of Congress; and (2) establish an advisory Congressional Data Task Force to recommend data standards for the creation, exchange, and publication of congressional information. Requires that, to the extent practicable, all bills, resolutions, orders, and votes be created, exchanged, and published in searchable electronic formats. Public Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Resolution of 2015 or the Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Resolution of 2015 Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to establish and maintain a centralized, searchable, bulk downloadable, electronic database consisting of CRS issue briefs, reports, authorization of appropriation products and appropriation products, and similar material intended or available for general congressional distribution. Exempts from public disclosure confidential information or any document that is the product of a confidential research request made by a Member, officer, employee, or office of the House of Representatives and that is not intended for distribution. Lobbyist Disclosure Enhancement Act Directs the Attorney General to establish the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforcement Task Force, which shall have primary responsibility for investigating and prosecuting each case referred to the Attorney General under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require: (1) expedited online registration of lobbyists, (2) more frequent disclosure of contributions made by lobbyists, and (3) a system for assigning an identification number to each lobbyist who is required to register or report under such Act. Requires lobbyists registered under such Act to complete an ethics training program. Amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require the USAspending.gov website to provide specified information on federal awards. Requires each agency Inspector General to conduct an annual audit of the data used on USAspending.gov and report on such audit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Requires OMB to: (1) revise its guidance to federal agencies on reporting federal awards, and (2) ensure that the unique identifier used to link information about an award recipient is also used to link information about that recipient on the Federal Awardee Performance Integrity Information System. Amends the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 to require information about individuals receiving awards or grants to be maintained on the Federal Awardee Performance Integrity Information System for 10 years. Requires: (1) every advertisement or other communication paid for by a federal agency to include a prominent notice that the agency has paid for such advertisement or communication, (2) disclosure of White House visitor logs with personal information redacted, (3) online disclosure of OMB budget justifications, (4) disclosure of draft proposed or final rules by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and (4) online disclosure of tax information of nonprofit organizations and registration information of foreign agents. Requires each agency (defined as a U.S. government authority, with specified exceptions) to require all private sector entities from which it regularly collects reports, filings, forms, disclosures or other regularized information to obtain a unique entity identifier. Requires each such agency to: (1) make available in an electronic format its completed responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, and (2) use FOAIonline to log, track, and publish all FOIA requests received by the agency. Requires the Chief Justice of the United States to ensure that the audio of an oral argument before the Supreme Court is recorded and is made publicly available on the Court's Internet website at the same time that it is recorded. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct an audit of the public access to court electronic records system (Pacer) maintained by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and (2) conduct annual audits of the implementation of this Act. Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the U.S. Judicial Conference to post on its website any report filed by a judicial officer within 48 hours of the applicable submission deadline.
These links require the bill number to appear in the filing's source-reported specific issue text. Client expenses and lobbying-firm income are separate disclosure fields.
Filing registrants (4)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
S. 779 / H.R. 1477 The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR), H.R. 1129 Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015; S. 558 / H.R. 1069 Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2015; S.787 NTIS Elimination Act; H.R.443 - To streamline the collection and distribution of government information; S.1636 Just Google It Act; H.Res.34 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research service publications, and for other purposes; H.R.1381 Transparency in Government Act of 2015; H.R. 4702/S. 2639 Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, and Ways and Means, 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.
Congress.gov source codes: H11100, H11100-A
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $54,165 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Letter to Chairman Lamar Smith about use of subpoena power Urged Congress to support cost estimates prior to making workforce and contracting decisions Urged Congress to support the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order Proposed improvements to the Transparency and Government Act of 2015 (HR 1381) Supported Office of Special Counsels request for increased funding for FY2017 Supported Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination Act Supported inclusion of Flint funding in Water Resources Development Act of 2016 Urged adoption of rule to require congressional fellows paid by outside entities to disclose payment information
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 653 FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015; S. 337 FOIA Improvement Act of 2015; S. 779 / H.R. 1477 The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR), H.R. 1129 Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015; S. 558 / H.R. 1069 Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2015; S.787 NTIS Elimination Act; H.R.443 - To streamline the collection and distribution of government information; S.1636 Just Google It Act; H.Res.34 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research service publications, and for other purposes; H.R.1381 Transparency in Government Act of 2015; H.R. 4702/S. 2639 Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016.
Client expense: $54,165 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 653 FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015; S. 337 FOIA Improvement Act of 2015; S. 779 / H.R. 1477 The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR), H.R. 1129 Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015; S. 558 / H.R. 1069 Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2015; S.787 NTIS Elimination Act; H.R.443 - To streamline the collection and distribution of government information; S.1636 Just Google It Act; H.Res.34 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research service publications, and for other purposes; H.R.1381 Transparency in Government Act of 2015; H.R. 4702/S. 2639 Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016.
Client expense: $55,220 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 653 FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015; S. 337 FOIA Improvement Act of 2015; S. 779 / H.R. 1477 The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR), H.R. 1129 Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015; S. 558 / H.R. 1069 Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2015; S.787 NTIS Elimination Act; H.R.443 - To streamline the collection and distribution of government information; S.1636 Just Google It Act; H.Res.34 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research service publications, and for other purposes; H.R.1381 Transparency in Government Act of 2015; H.R. 4702/S. 2639 Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2016.
Client expense: $57,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 653 FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015; S. 337 FOIA Improvement Act of 2015; S. 779 / H.R. 1477 The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR), H.R. 1129 Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015; S. 558 / H.R. 1069 Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2015; S.787 NTIS Elimination Act; H.R.443 - To streamline the collection and distribution of government information; S.1636 Just Google It Act; H.Res.34 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research service publications, and for other purposes; H.R.1381 Transparency in Government Act of 2015.
Client expense: $53,080 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 653 FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015; S. 337 FOIA Improvement Act of 2015; S. 779 / H.R. 1477 The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR), H.R. 1129 Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015; S. 558 / H.R. 1069 Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2015; S.787 NTIS Elimination Act; H.R.443 - To streamline the collection and distribution of government information; S.1636 Just Google It Act; H.Res.34 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research service publications, and for other purposes; H.R.1381 Transparency in Government Act of 2015.
Client expense: $68,342 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 653 FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015; S. 337 FOIA Improvement Act of 2015; S. 779 / H.R. 1477 The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR), H.R. 1129 Veterans' Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015; S. 558 / H.R. 1069 Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2015; S.787 NTIS Elimination Act; H.R.443 - To streamline the collection and distribution of government information; S.1636 Just Google It Act; H.Res.34 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research service publications, and for other purposes; H.R.1381 Transparency in Government Act of 2015.
Client expense: $54,165 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Public Access to CRS Reports--support (House H. Res 34, Senate unintroduced draft legislation) FOIA Act--support (House H.R. 653, Senate S. 337) Rules of the House of Representatives, 115th Congress--improve transparency and accountability (House: unintroduced) Reform PACER, on public access to court records--support (House: unintroduced) Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2015--support (House: H.R. 1069, Senate S. 558) Transparency on Member Representative Accounts--increase level of detail (House, not a bill) Improve transparency around Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel Opinions--support (House: unintroduced, Senate: unintroduced) Transparency in Government Act--Support (House: H.R 1381) Encourage public access to Office of Legal Counsel Opinions - Department of Justice Encourage transparency around lobbying under the Foreign Agents Registration Act - Department of Justice Encourage public access to congressional budget justifications - Office of Management and Budget Improve how forms are made and used - Office of Management and Budget Support transparency around lobbying targeting the OIRA - Office of Management and Budget Support creation of a machine-readable organization chart - Office of Management and Budget
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015, H.R. 653 (Strengthen FOIA by increasing disclosures, improving reporting, and narrowing exemptions) FOIA Improvement Act of 2015, S. 337 (Support legislation) Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2016, not yet introduced Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2016, not yet introduced Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, not yet reintroduced (Express support for public access to reports to Congress) Transparency in Government Act of 2015, H.R. 1381 (Support legislation) H. Res 5 (support amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to make the chamber more open and accountable and strengthen the office of congressional ethics, and to improve congressional oversight of national security)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Referred to |
| March 16, 2015 |
| Rules Committee | House | Referred to | March 16, 2015 |
| Oversight and Accountability Committee | House | Referred to | March 16, 2015 |