This bill matters because it shines a light on the often-opaque process of how laws are shaped. Currently, it can be difficult for the average person to trace who is truly responsible for a specific line or amendment in a complex bill. If this bill becomes law, voters will gain a clearer picture of which individual lawmakers championed particular changes, especially those added through amendments or specific provisions in financially impactful bills.
This increased transparency could empower voters to hold their representatives more directly accountable for the content of legislation, making it easier to see whose ideas make it into law and whether those ideas align with their constituents' interests. Without this bill, the responsibility for specific legislative language often remains less visible, making it harder for the public to connect lawmakers to the granular details of the laws passed.
KEY PROVISIONS
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PROVISION 01
Requires committee chairs to identify Members who submitted adopted amendments when a bill is reported by a committee.
Increases transparency at an early stage of the legislative process, showing who influences bills in committee.
PROVISION 02
Requires relevant committee chairs to identify Members who submitted adopted amendments when a bill passes the full House or Senate.
Ensures transparency for amendments that pass the full chamber, not just committee.
PROVISION 03
Mandates specific disclosure from major financial committees (Appropriations, Ways and Means, Finance) to name Members responsible for including any provision in their reported bills.
Targets committees handling significant spending and taxation, where specific provisions can have major financial impacts.
PROVISION 04
Requires that all names submitted must be included as footnotes in all official versions of the bill (reported, engrossed, enrolled, enacted).
Guarantees public access to this accountability information throughout the bill's lifecycle and into law.
PROVISION 05
Establishes these requirements as an exercise of congressional rulemaking power, meaning each chamber can change its own rules.
Allows Congress to maintain control over its internal procedures, but also means future Congresses could repeal this rule.
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.
This bill matters because it shines a light on the often-opaque process of how laws are shaped. Currently, it can be difficult for the average person to trace who is truly responsible for a specific line or amendment in a complex bill. If this bill becomes law, voters will gain a clearer picture of which individual lawmakers championed particular changes, especially those added through amendments or specific provisions in financially impactful bills.
This increased transparency could empower voters to hold their representatives more directly accountable for the content of legislation, making it easier to see whose ideas make it into law and whether those ideas align with their constituents' interests. Without this bill, the responsibility for specific legislative language often remains less visible, making it harder for the public to connect lawmakers to the granular details of the laws passed.
KEY PROVISIONS
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Requires committee chairs to identify Members who submitted adopted amendments when a bill is reported by a committee.
Increases transparency at an early stage of the legislative process, showing who influences bills in committee.
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Requires relevant committee chairs to identify Members who submitted adopted amendments when a bill passes the full House or Senate.
Ensures transparency for amendments that pass the full chamber, not just committee.
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Mandates specific disclosure from major financial committees (Appropriations, Ways and Means, Finance) to name Members responsible for including any provision in their reported bills.
Targets committees handling significant spending and taxation, where specific provisions can have major financial impacts.
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Requires that all names submitted must be included as footnotes in all official versions of the bill (reported, engrossed, enrolled, enacted).
Guarantees public access to this accountability information throughout the bill's lifecycle and into law.
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Establishes these requirements as an exercise of congressional rulemaking power, meaning each chamber can change its own rules.
Allows Congress to maintain control over its internal procedures, but also means future Congresses could repeal this rule.
Not later than 3 legislative days after a bill or resolution is reported by a committee OR passed by the House/Senate.
Committee chairs must submit names of Members who submitted adopted amendments or provisions.
GLOSSARY
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Reported bill/joint resolution
A bill or joint resolution that a committee has finished reviewing, potentially modified, and formally recommended for consideration by the full House or Senate.
Amendment
A proposed change or addition to a bill, resolution, or motion that is under consideration.
Legislative day
A day on which either the House of Representatives or the Senate is in session.
Engrossed bill
The official copy of a bill or joint resolution as it has passed one chamber of Congress, including all adopted amendments.
Enrolled bill
The final official copy of a bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers of Congress in identical form, ready to be sent to the President.
Enacted version
The final official copy of a bill that has been signed into law by the President (or become law without signature or through override of veto).
Rulemaking power
The authority of the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish and change their own internal procedures and rules of operation.
ACTION TIMELINE
2 EVENTS
MAY 20, 25
Introduced in House
INTROREFERRAL
MAY 20, 25
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.
A legislative measure, similar to a bill, that requires approval by both chambers and presidential signature to become law. Often used for constitutional amendments or continuing appropriations.
