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To direct the Director of the Government Publishing Office to provide members of the public with Internet access to Congressional Research Service reports, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-2335| House 
| Updated: 5/3/2017
Leonard Lance

Leonard Lance

Republican Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (4)
Blake Farenthold (Republican)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)

Committee on House Administration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017 This bill directs the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish, maintain, and ensure the automatic updating of a public website containing Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, and an index, that are searchable, sortable, and downloadable (including in bulk), for which no fee may be charged. The CRS Reports on the website shall include CRS Authorization of Appropriations Products, Appropriations Products, and any other written CRS product containing CRS research or analysis that is available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet. The website shall exclude: any custom product or service that is prepared in direct response to a request for custom analysis or research and that is not available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet; any CRS Report, Authorization of Appropriations Product, or Appropriations Product that is not available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet; or any written CRS product that CRS has made available on a public website (other than the website established pursuant to this bill) maintained by the GPO or the Library of Congress. Before transmitting a CRS Report to the GPO for publication on the website, CRS may remove the name of, and any contact information for, any CRS employee. The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 is amended to require CRS to comply with this bill.
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Timeline
May 3, 2017
Introduced in House
May 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • May 3, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 3, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Congress

Related Bills

  • HR 115-4504: To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the Financial Stability Act of 2010, and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-1648: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018
Congressional agenciesCongressional operations and organizationCongressional Research Service (CRS)Government information and archivesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLibrary of Congress

To direct the Director of the Government Publishing Office to provide members of the public with Internet access to Congressional Research Service reports, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-2335| House 
| Updated: 5/3/2017
Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017 This bill directs the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish, maintain, and ensure the automatic updating of a public website containing Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, and an index, that are searchable, sortable, and downloadable (including in bulk), for which no fee may be charged. The CRS Reports on the website shall include CRS Authorization of Appropriations Products, Appropriations Products, and any other written CRS product containing CRS research or analysis that is available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet. The website shall exclude: any custom product or service that is prepared in direct response to a request for custom analysis or research and that is not available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet; any CRS Report, Authorization of Appropriations Product, or Appropriations Product that is not available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet; or any written CRS product that CRS has made available on a public website (other than the website established pursuant to this bill) maintained by the GPO or the Library of Congress. Before transmitting a CRS Report to the GPO for publication on the website, CRS may remove the name of, and any contact information for, any CRS employee. The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 is amended to require CRS to comply with this bill.
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Timeline
May 3, 2017
Introduced in House
May 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • May 3, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 3, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Leonard Lance

Leonard Lance

Republican Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (4)
Blake Farenthold (Republican)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)

Committee on House Administration

Congress

Related Bills

  • HR 115-4504: To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the Financial Stability Act of 2010, and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-1648: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional agenciesCongressional operations and organizationCongressional Research Service (CRS)Government information and archivesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLibrary of Congress