Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email Legislation was introduced to kick off National Sunshine Week. A top House Democrat announced a new bill on Monday to increase transparency of presidential records. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, will introduce the ‘‘Presidential Records Preservation Act,” which would update the “1978 Presidential Records Act” by requiring the president, vice president, and other senior White House officials to “make and preserve records” that document the president’s official activities. The “Federal Records Act,” which oversees record keeping in the executive and legislative agencies, the judiciary and a few executive offices, has a similar provision.