3.0.0 5049 2022-11-01T05:17:29Z 2022-11-01T05:17:29Z House HR 2019-11-12 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 12, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FOSTER:H.R. 5049.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theUnited States Constitution.[Page H8784]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-11-12T19:00:39Z 2019-11-12 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2019-11-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-11-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] Bill Foster D IL 11 N T000472 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] Mark Takano D CA 41 2019-11-12 True M001166 Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] Jerry McNerney D CA 9 2019-11-12 True Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2019-11-12 True T000468 Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] Dina Titus D NV 1 2019-11-12 True Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Library of Congress Public contracts and procurement Scientific communication Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-11-12 Introduced in House 2020-01-21T17:51:23Z Well-Informed, Scientific, & Efficient Government Act of 2019 or the WISE Government Act

This bill prohibits an agency from entering into a contract for a journal subscription that prohibits disclosure of the cost of the subscription to another agency or the Library of Congress.

Each agency library must make policies and procedures for employee access to library subscriptions easily and clearly available to the agency's employees, including regional employees, through the intranet.

The General Services Administration shall submit to Congress and each agency library a report on increasing agency library access to serials.

]]> WISE Government Act Display Title WISE Government Act Official Title as Introduced To secure Federal access to scientific literature and other subscription services by requiring Federal agencies and legislative branch research arms to make recommendations on increasing agency library access to serials, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced WISE Government Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Well-Informed, Scientific, & Efficient Government Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr5049ih/xml/BILLS-116hr5049ih.xml 2019-11-12 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. 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.