US Congress House Bill 2335 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-03 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017

Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2017-05-03	House	Introduced in House

HB4504 (Related) 2017-11-30 - Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
SB1648 (Related) 2017-07-27 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 184.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2335/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2335/BILLS-115hr2335ih.pdf