3.0.0 2746 2019-11-15T21:58:56Z 2019-11-15T21:58:56Z Senate S S 2008-03-12 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-12T15:24:18Z 2008-03-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2001) IntroReferral 2008-03-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2001) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2008-03-12 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-04-02 False Government Operations and Politics Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Freedom of information Legislation Government Operations and Politics 00 2008-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-03T14:44:48Z OPEN FOIA Act of 2008 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require statutory exemptions to its disclosure requirements to specifically cite its provision that authorizes such exemptions.

]]> OPEN FOIA Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced OPEN FOIA Act of 2008 Display Title OPEN FOIA Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that statutory exemptions to the disclosure requirements of that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open and deliberative process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals to explicitly state such required citations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2746is/xml/BILLS-110s2746is.xml 2008-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2001) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.