1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act of 2019 . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term acceptable electronic format means a file format and metadata elements authorized by the National Archives and Records Administration for the transfer of permanent electronic records— (A) as set forth in— (i) National Archives and Records Administration Bulletin 2014–04: Revised Format Guidance for the Transfer of Permanent Electronic Records, dated January 31, 2014, or any successor bulletin; and (ii) National Archives and Records Administration Bulletin 2015–04: Me­ta­da­ta Guidance for the Transfer of Permanent Electronic Records, dated September 15, 2015, or any successor bulletin; and (B) that complies with the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum on the Managing Government Records Directive, dated August 24, 2012 (M–12–18), or any successor memorandum; (2) the term agency — (A) means— (i) a Federal agency, as defined in section 102 of title 40, United States Code; and (ii) an agency, as defined in section 552(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code; and (B) does not include the Government Accountability Office; (3) the term congressionally mandated report means a report that is required to be submitted to either House of Congress or any committee of Congress, or subcommittee thereof, by a statute, resolution, or conference report that accompanies legislation enacted into law; (4) the term congressional office means— (A) an office of any committee or subcommittee of the Senate or the House of Representatives, including any select or special committee; (B) an office of any individual Senator or Member of the House of Representatives; (C) a leadership office of the Senate or the House of Representatives; and (D) Congress or any House of Congress; (5) the term open format means a file format for storing digital data based on an underlying open standard that— (A) is not encumbered by any restrictions that would impede reuse