US Congress House Bill 443 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Research and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To streamline the collection and distribution of government information. Repeals the National Technical Information Act of 1988, effective one year after the enactment of this Act (thus abolishes the National Technical Information Service [NTIS]). Directs: (1) the Secretary of Commerce, the Archivist of the United States, the Comptroller General, and the Commissioner of Social Security to consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine if any NTIS function is critical to the U.S. economy; (2) the Comptroller General to determine which of any such critical functions are not being carried out by any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government; and (3) the Secretary of Commerce, prior to the effective date of this Act, to submit to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance a written certification that all NTIS operations have been terminated.

To streamline the collection and distribution of government information.

Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
2015-01-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2015-01-21	House	Introduced in House

SB787 (Related) 2015-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/443/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr443/BILLS-114hr443ih.pdf