Legislative Accountability Act

Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.

• Committee chairs must identify Members whose amendments were adopted or who are responsible for included provisions.
• Names must be submitted within three legislative days of a committee report or of passage, depending on context.
• Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Senate Finance committees have explicit reporting duties for provision authorship.
• Clerks and the Government Publishing Office must add submitted names as footnotes to official bill and resolution texts.
• Footnotes must specify which adopted amendment or provision each named Member submitted or is responsible for.
• The rule is implemented as each House’s internal rule and can be changed by that House.
• No new funding or program authorizations are created; the bill alters publication and transparency practices for congressional documents.
• Applies to reported, engrossed, enrolled, and enacted versions of measures to improve traceability of legislative contributions.