US Congress House Bill 3762 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on October 8 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-10-08 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Act of 2009 - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, working jointly with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to establish and maintain a centralized, searchable, electronic database consisting of: (1) CRS Issue Briefs, Reports, and Authorization of Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products; and (2) an index of such information. Exempts: (1) any information determined to be confidential by the CRS Director or the head of the agency that provided it to CRS; and (2) any document that is the product of a confidential research request made by a House or Senate Member, officer, employee, or office. Authorizes the Clerk and the Secretary, on the basis of information provided by the Director, to: (1) remove from the database information about a CRS employee or material that may infringe the copyright of a protected work; and (2) make any changes that the Director determines are necessary to ensure that information in the database is accurate and current. Requires each official public website of a Member or committee of Congress to permit public use to obtain the information contained in such database to the same extent congressional users may obtain such information through the CRS website. Provides that this Act does not require the Director to respond to any public inquiry with respect to information in the database.

Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Act of 2009

Rep. Frank Kratovil [D-MD]

Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]

Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-10-08		Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

SR118 (Related) 2009-04-29 - Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4900)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3762/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3762/BILLS-111hr3762ih.pdf