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H.Res. 259

U.S. HouseIn House Committee

Summary

H.Res. 259, “Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection”, was introduced in the House on Mar 27, 2025 by Rep. Maxine Waters (D) with 22 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Apr 2, 2025: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


Record

Text

H.Res. 259 has 22 co-sponsors.

hr259/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HRES 259 IH: Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President’s possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-03-27
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IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 259 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2025 Ms. Waters (for herself, Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Meeks , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Foster , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. Casten , Ms. Pressley , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Torres of New York , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Ms. Pettersen , Mr. Fields , Ms. Bynum , and Mr. Liccardo ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services RESOLUTION
Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President’s possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
That the President is requested to furnish to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, memo, correspondence, or other communication in the possession of the President relating to the following:
(1)
Excluding any individual employed by the U.S. Government prior to January 20, 2025, the name, age, and all professional and background experience of every individual that is working for, or in conjunction with, the Department on Government Efficiency ( DOGE ), including Elon Musk, Jeremy Lewin, Jordan Wick, Gavin Kliger, Nikhil Rajpal, Luke Farritor, Chris Young, and Edward Coristine, that have been provided access to any system, application, or account of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, including public facing and internal websites and social media accounts, physical access control systems, and permissioning systems, or any information contained therein.
(2)
With respect to each individual described in paragraph (1)—
(A)
which of the systems, applications, accounts, physical access control systems, permissioning systems, or information therein described in paragraph (1) contained any confidential supervisory information, personally identifiable information, or sensitive compartmented information and, if so, what information was contained;
(B)
the level of clearance, access, authorization, or any type of permission required to gain access to each of the systems, applications, accounts, physical access control systems, permissioning systems, or information contained therein;
(C)
the level of clearance, access, authorization, or any type of permission held by the individual; and
(D)
whether any of the access that the individual obtained or plans to obtain required or will require a level of clearance, access, authorization, or any type of permission that the individual did not have or will not have at the time that individual gained or will gain access.
(3)
Any information contained in systems, applications, accounts, physical access control systems, permissioning systems, or information therein described in paragraph (1) (including confidential supervisory information, personally identifiable information, or sensitive compartmented information) to which an individual described in paragraph (1) has been provided access that is not available to the public under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, that has—
(A)
been put into external systems, tools, or locations, or otherwise shared with any other person by any individual described in paragraph (1);
(B)
been copied or placed in the possession of any individual described in paragraph (1); or
(C)
been modified by any individual described in paragraph (1).
(4)
With respect to the accesses described in paragraph (1)—
(A)
a list of all required steps to provide individuals described in paragraph (1) with this type of access (statutorily mandated or otherwise); and
(B)
a list of all steps actually taken to provide individuals described in paragraph (1) with such accesses, the timeline of when such steps were completed, the identity of each individual who reviewed and approved the completion of the required steps by each individual, and the level of clearance, access, authorization or any type of permission that was granted for each individual.
(5)
With respect to each individuals described in paragraph (1) provided with an access described in paragraph (1)—
(A)
the signed Rules of Behavior for Privileged Users Form;
(B)
the Privileged User Access Request Form, along with the required business justification, supervisor approval, system owner approval, and Information System Security Manager approval; and
(C)
a list of trainings completed, including all Privileged User Trainings.
(6)
A list of identified and potential conflicts of interest implicated by individuals described in paragraph (1), steps taken to mitigate such conflicts of interest, and the name of the individual who reviewed and approved the status of each individual with respect to such conflicts of interest.
(7)
The total number of full-time equivalent employees of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection as of December 31, 2024, with a breakdown of the number of such full-time equivalent employees by division and office.
(8)
The total number of full-time equivalent employees of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection as of March 24, 2025, with a breakdown of the number of such full-time equivalent employees by division and office.
(9)
The total number of full-time equivalent employees of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection that were not actively working as of March 24, 2025, due to a stop-work order or being placed on administrative leave, with a breakdown of the number of such full-time equivalent employees by division and office.

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  1. Introduced2025-03-27
  2. Passed House

Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

Sponsors

Rep. Maxine Waters (D) sponsors H.Res. 259, and 22 members have co-sponsored it, 21 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.Res. 259 went before 1 committee: Financial Services.

Financial Services
Financial Services
Markup By · Apr 2, 2025 · 559 Bills

Actions

H.Res. 259 has taken 3 actions since Mar 27, 2025, the latest on Apr 2, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 2, 2025
House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldFinancial Services Committee
Mar 27, 2025
House
Submitted in House
Mar 27, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.Financial Services Committee

Votes

H.Res. 259 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.Res. 259 goes by 2 titles.

  • Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. — Official Title as Introduced
  • Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. — Display Title

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named H.Res. 259 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONDistrict of Columbia16

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION16

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 first_quarter$300K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.Res. 259 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 9 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.Res. 259’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hres259/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.Res. 259 carries 9 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Computers and information technology to Personnel records.

hres259/subjects.txt
Computers and information technologyCongressional-executive branch relationsCongressional oversightConsumer Financial Protection BureauGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHouse of RepresentativesIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationPersonnel records

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com