PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.
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Version 53 · Passed House · Dec 16, 2024
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
This bill eliminates the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress and transitions related oversight responsibilities to the Center for Legislative Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and others.
Under the bill, the Center for Legislative Archives must provide an annual report on the management and preservation of the records of Congress during the previous year to NARA, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. The first such report shall be provided by February 1 of the second calendar year after the bill’s enactment.
Further, the Archivist, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives must regularly meet to review the management and preservation of the records of Congress and Members of Congress. The meetings must occur within 60 days after the date on which the annual report is provided and within 180 days after the date on which an individual is appointed to the position of Archivist, the Secretary of the Senate, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
The committee is eliminated 60 days after the bill's enactment.
People & committees
Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] · R–WI
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7153)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7153)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9489.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7153)
Mr. Steil moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.
Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-684.
Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-684.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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