H.R. 2324

Government Contact Act

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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2324

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 15, 2007

Mr. Duncan (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Conaway) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To require each Federal agency to include its address and phone number on any agency stationery.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Government Contact Act.

2.

Requirement for Federal agencies to include addresses and phone numbers on agency stationery

(a)

Requirement

Each Federal agency shall include its address and phone number on any agency stationery. In the case of correspondence originating from a regional or local office of a Federal agency, the agency shall include the address and phone number of the regional or local office on the stationery.

(b)

Agency definition

In this Act, the term Federal agency has the meaning provided the term Executive agency by section 105 of title 5, United States Code.

(c)

Exception for national security

Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case in which compliance with such subsection would not be in the national security interests of the United States, as determined by the head of the agency.

(d)

Effective date

This section shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.