3.0.0 3762 2023-01-11T13:17:54Z 2023-01-11T13:17:54Z House H HR 2009-10-08 111 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2009-10-08T14:00:50Z A resolution to provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications. 111 118 SRES 2009-04-29 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4900) Related bill CRS 2009-10-08 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2009-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000371 Rep. Kratovil, Frank, Jr. [D-MD-1] Frank Kratovil D MD 1 N L000567 Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] Leonard Lance R NJ 7 2009-10-08 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2009-10-15 False Congress Congressional Research Service (CRS) Congressional agencies Congressional operations and organization Government information and archives Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Congress 00 2009-10-08 Introduced in House 2010-03-01T21:50:35Z 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 Display Title Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To provide members of the public with Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service publications, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-10-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3762ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3762ih.xml 2009-10-08 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. 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.