,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #be1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,burgess 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,davis of ,illinois7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,accountability  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to     
require an executive agency to submit   
information to any committee of the     
,house of ,representatives upon the     
request of #g of the members of the     
committee1 and to submit information to 
any committee of the ,senate upon the   
request of #e of the members of the     
committee1 if the information relates to
 any matter under the jurisdiction of   
the committee1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,response from ,executive       
,agencies to ,congress on ,time ,act or 
the ,,react ,act4  #b4 ,requiring       
submission of information to committees 
upon request of minimum number of       

committee members  7a7 ,submission of   
information ,section #bied of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking agency1 on request and all that
 follows through shall submit and       
inserting the following3 agency1 on     
request of any authorizing committee or 
permanent select committee of the ,house
 of ,representatives or of any #g       
members thereof1 or on request of any   
authorizing or permanent select         
committee of the ,senate or of any #e   
members thereof1 shall submit4  7b7     
,deadline for submission2 enforcement   
,section #bied of such title is         
amended-- 7#a7 by striking ,an          
,executive and inserting 7a7 ,submission
 of information4--,an ,executive2 and   
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7b7 ,deadline ,an ,executive agency   
shall submit the information requested  
by a committee under subsection 7a7 not 
later than #de days after the committee 
requests the information1 or not later  
than such alternative deadline as the   

committee may specify in its request4   
7c7 ,enforcement ,a committee1 or any #g
 members thereof 7in the case of a      
committee of the ,house of              
,representatives7 or any #e members     
thereof 7in the case of a committee of  
the ,senate71 which is aggrieved by a   
violation of this section by an         
,executive agency may file an action in 
the appropriate district court of the   
,united ,states for such injunctive and 
declaratory relief as may be            
appropriate4  4  7c7 ,effective date    
,the amendments made by this section    
shall apply with respect to requests    
made on or after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4