About the bill
H.R. 70 improves the transparency and accountability of federal advisory committees. The bill clarifies that all advisory committee members should be selected without regard to political affiliation, creates a formal process for the public to recommend potential advisory committee members, requires member selection without regard to their partisan affiliation, and requires members serving as individual experts to fully disclose any conflicts of interest. The bill also requires each agency head to make information about advisory committees available on the agency’s website.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on January 4, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
3 Cosponsors (3 Democrats)
History
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Jun 24, 2008
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Jul 26, 2010
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Oct 13, 2011
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Mar 20, 2013
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Mar 1, 2016
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Jan 3, 2017
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Introduced
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Jan 4, 2017
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Oct 4, 2017
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Considered by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Mar 22, 2018
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Reported by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Mar 12, 2019
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H.R. 70 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 70. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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