HR 5170 · 113th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Federal Records Accountability Act of 2014

Introduced 2014-07-23· Sponsored by Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(2014-09-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Records Accountability Act of 2014 - Creates a process for the suspension and removal (subject to specified due process requirements) of an employee whom the Inspector General of a federal agency determines has: (1) willfully and unlawfully concealed, removed, mutilated, obliterated, falsified, or destroyed any record, book, or other thing in the custody of such employee; or (2) violated the following disclosure prohibitions. Prohibits the President, Vice President, or specified staff members or advisers from creating or sending a presidential or vice presidential record using a non-official electronic messaging account unless such individual: (1) includes an official electronic messaging account of the President, Vice President, staff member, or adviser as a recipient in the original creation or transmission of the electronic message and identifies all recipients in such message; and (2) submits the message for appropriate archival storage by the Executive Office of the President. Prohibits a federal agency official or employee from creating or sending a record using a non-official electronic messaging account unless such officer or employee: (1) includes an official elect…

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Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 5170, Federal Records Accountability Act of 2014

Sep 19, 2014

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 24, 2014

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Republicans