HRES 397 · 102th Congress · Congress

Instructing the Speaker to: within 20 days, fully reconstruct the 39 month bank account history of every current and former House Member's bank account at the House Bank for the period beginning July 1, 1988 and ending October 3, 1991; provide Members the opportunity to appeal their records to the same subcommittee of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct which was charged by H. Res. 236 to conduct the preliminary inquiry; within 20 days provide a complete report on the official and unofficial practices of the House Bank and all instances during the 39 month period in which those procedures were not followed; and to provide, within 48 hours, to each Member of the House a complete accounting of his or her House bank account history; and instructing the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that it may release the names and full account histories of all House Bank account activities of Members and former Members of the House occurring during the period of July 1, 1988 and October 3, 1991.

Introduced 1992-03-12· Sponsored by Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.(1992-03-13)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1992-03-13
Roll #47
Yea 244Nay 133
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
FailedHouse · 1992-03-13
Roll #46
Yea 150Nay 275
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives to direct the House Sergeant at Arms, the General Accounting Office, and any other body under his control with information relevant to Members' House Bank account histories, to reconstruct the complete account histories of all current and former Members who had accounts for the 39-month period between July 1, 1988, and October 3, 1991, that have not already been reconstructed in coordination with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Committee). Authorizes the Committee to disclose publicly the reconstructed account history of every Member of the House. Requires the Speaker to direct the House Sergeant at Arms, the General Accounting Office, and any other body under his control with information relevant to Member's House Bank account histories or House Bank practices to provide: (1) a full and complete report of the official policies of the House Bank over the 39-month period in question; (2) a full and complete account of the procedures that were not official but were informally and routinely followed by bank employees (including instances where informal practices deviated from official policies); (3) a full and comple…

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