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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 5150 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act... · Sec. 217

Sec. 217. Implementation

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This subtitle shall apply with respect to any congressionally mandated report which— is required by statute to be submitted to the House of Representatives or Senate at any time before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act; or is included by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate (as the case may be) on the list of reports received by the House of Representatives or Senate (as the case may be) at any time before the date of the enactment of this Act. The Director shall ensure that any congressionally mandated report described in paragraph
(1)which was required to be submitted to Congress by a statue enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act is published on the online portal under this subtitle not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. In the case of congressionally mandated reports which are required by statute to be submitted to a committee of Congress or a subcommittee thereof, this subtitle shall apply with respect to— any such report which is first required to be submitted by a statute which is enacted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and to the maximum extent practical, any congressionally mandated report which was required to be submitted by a statute enacted before the date of enactment of this Act unless— the chair of the committee, or subcommittee thereof, to which the report was required to be submitted notifies the Director in writing that the report is to be withheld from publication; and the Director publishes the notification on the online portal.
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