H.R.1255 - Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007
To amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records. view all titles (4)
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- Short: Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 as introduced.
- Short: Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 as passed house.
- Short: Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 as reported to house.
- Official: To amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records. as introduced.
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Former presidents can't withhold r...
... Association and historian Stanley Kutler. A bill (HR 1255) that would overturn the executive order passed the House in March and is p...
THE RIGHT TO KNOW: Bush wants pres...
But the House version of the law, HR 1255, was approved by a veto-proof 333-93 vote in March. Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joseph Li...
LEGAL GUY: New House resolutions s...
This first of the four resolutions passed was HR 1255, which passed with 333 yeas and only 93 nays. Titled “The Presidential Records Act ...
Area Votes in Congress
The House passed, 333-93, and sent to the Senate a bill (HR 1255) nullifying a 2001 order by President Bush to deny or strictly limit acc...
How your US lawmakers voted
Presidential records access: By a vote of 333-93, the House on Wednesday passed a bill (HR 1255) nullifying a 2001 executive order by Pre...
How Texans voted
Presidential records access: Passed, 333-93, a bill (HR 1255) nullifying a 2001 executive order by President Bush impeding public and his...
US House stands up for open records
Another measure, HR 1255, would roll back administration efforts to limit public access to the papers of past presidents, and HR 1254 wou...
Bush presidency: accent on secrecy...
... HR 1254, which would require groups that raise funds for presidential libraries to release information about their donors, HR 1255, w...
House OKs Sunshine legislation
HR 1255 nullifies Bush's executive order and establishes procedures to ensure the timely release of presidential records. ...
Open-Government Bills Pass the Hou...
The measure (HR 1255), part of a multi-bill effort to uncloak some of the government’s secrets, passed by a vote of 333-93. ...
Blog Coverage
H.R.1255: Government Shutdown Prev...
Representative Sandy Adams (FL-24) released the following statement today after co-sponsoring and voting for HR 1255, the Government Shut...
Tertiary clip Holds a appeal
Here Holds trusting that HR 1255 finally passes through with wing colors...
The Posterity Project: Weekly Roun...
This report provides a brief overview of the federal presidential libraries system and tracks the progress of related legislation (H.R. 1...
Daily Kos: This Week in Congress
Coming with it, and under the same circumstances, is the Presidential Records Act, the 110th Congress' H.R. 1255. Both come to the floor ...
Presidential Libraries: The Federa...
This report provides a brief overview of the federal presidential libraries system and tracks the progress of related legislation (H.R. 1...
beSpacific: CRS: Presidential Libr...
This report provides a brief overview of the federal presidential libraries system and tracks the progress of related legislation (H.R. 1...
ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » C...
This report provides a brief overview of the federal presidential libraries system and tracks the progress of related legislation (H.R. 1...
All Things Reform: Join Social Act...
Us (1); GPO (2); grants (2); graphs (1); Green (1); groups (2); guides (7); GWOT (2); H.R.1225 (1); H.R.1254 (1); H.R.1255 (2); H.R.1424 ...
MPL Gov Info
This report provides a brief overview of the federal presidential libraries system and tracks the progress of related legislation (H.R. 1...
The Reference Desk: Jim Rogers Cal...
Carhart (1); GOP (12); Gordon Brown (2); Governor Jim Doyle (1); Great Britain (22); Greg Thielmann (1); Grover Norquist (3); Guantanamo ...

U.S. Congress - H.R.1255 Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007



