3.0.0 2335 2023-01-11T13:36:50Z 2023-01-11T13:36:50Z House HR 2017-05-03 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANCE:H.R. 2335.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Sec. 8 Clause 18: Congress shall have power . . .to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying in execution the foregoing powers, and all otherpowers vested by this Constitution in the government of theUnited States, or in any other department or officer thereof[Page H3325]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2017-05-03T14:03:20Z Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 115 1648 S 2017-07-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 184. Related bill CRS Transparency in Government Act of 2017 115 4504 HR 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. Related bill CRS 2017-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2017-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000567 Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] Leonard Lance R NJ 7 N Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2017-05-03 True F000460 Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] Blake Farenthold R TX 27 2017-05-23 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2017-05-23 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2017-05-23 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 Library of Congress Congress 00 2017-05-03 Introduced in House 2017-09-05T19:44:09Z 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 Display Title Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2335ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2335ih.xml 2017-05-03 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.