3.0.0 3438 2023-01-11T13:41:21Z 2023-01-11T13:41:21Z Senate S 2018-09-12 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-09-12T23:44:33Z 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 Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act 115 4631 HR 2018-04-12 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Related bill CRS 2018-09-12 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-09-12 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2018-10-03 False Congress Congressional agencies Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Government Operations and Politics Government Publishing Office (GPO) Government information and archives Legislative rules and procedure Library of Congress Congress 00 2018-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-04T19:31:49Z Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

This bill requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and maintain a publicly available website containing copies of all congressionally mandated reports. The website must feature, in addition to certain descriptive information related to such reports: (1) the ability to retrieve a report through specified types of searches; (2) a means for downloading reports individually or in bulk; (3) an electronic means for federal agencies to submit reports to the GPO, as required by the bill; and (4) in tabular form, a list of all reports that can be searched and sorted by time frame or submission status.

The Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance to federal agencies on the bill's requirement for agencies to submit copies of congressionally mandated reports and related information to the GPO. With respect to each report, the relevant federal agency may redact or withhold certain information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and other laws.

The Library of Congress must submit to the GPO a list of all congressionally mandated reports that are required to be submitted during a year as soon as practicable, but no later than April 1 of the following year. The list shall be provided in an open format and must include specified identifying and otherwise descriptive information.

]]> Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Display Title Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Director of the Government Publishing Office to establish and maintain a website accessible to the public that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports in one place, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Introduced in Senate 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3438is/xml/BILLS-115s3438is.xml 2018-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.