United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3548 (114th)
TRACE Act
Introduced
17 September 2015
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Status
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Summary
Transparency Requirements for Agency Conferences and Events Act or the TRACE Act This bill requires the head of a federal agency who is hosting a conference or sending an agency employee to a conference to submit to the relevant congressional committee, not later than 30 days before the conference, a report that includes: (1) an itemized statement of the cost of attending the conference, including the total cost; (2) the total cost to the agency hosting the conference; (3) the names of keynote speakers; (4) a list of conference attendees; (5) the location of the conference; (6) a summary of the purposes and goals of the conference; and (7) a conference itinerary. Defines "conference" as a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, training, or other event that involves travel for 50 or more attendees.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 September 2015
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 September 2015
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 17 September 2015
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3548
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3548