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US HR1711

US HR1711
MAR-A-LAGO Act Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act


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Introduced
03/23/2017
In Committee
03/23/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

MAR-A-LAGO Act Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of: the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other location at which the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business (covered location); the name of each individual with whom the visitor met at the covered location; and the purpose of the visit. The President shall not include in the database any such record: (1) the posting of which would implicate personal privacy or law enforcement concerns or threaten national security, or (2) relating to a purely personal guest at a covered location. For a particularly sensitive meeting, the President shall: (1) include in the database the number of visitors at the covered location, and (2) post the applicable records in the database when their release is no longer sensitive.

AI Summary

This bill, the Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act (MAR-A-LAGO Act), requires the President to establish and regularly update a publicly available database containing records of visitors to the White House, the Vice President's residence, and any other location where the President or Vice President conducts official business. The database must include the name of each visitor, the individual they met with, and the purpose of the visit. However, the President can exclude records that would implicate personal privacy, law enforcement concerns, or national security, as well as those related to purely personal guests. For particularly sensitive meetings, the President must include the number of visitors but can delay posting the specific records until the President deems their release is no longer sensitive.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (62)

Mike Quigley (D)* Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Cheri Bustos (D),  Michael Capuano (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  André Carson (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  John Conyers (D),  Danny Davis (D),  John Delaney (D),  Val Demings (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Tulsi Gabbard (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Colleen Hanabusa (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Ron Kind (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  David Price (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  José Serrano (D),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Timothy Walz (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (on 03/23/2017)

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