3.0.0 3334 2022-02-08T23:22:58Z 2022-02-08T23:22:58Z Senate S 2020-02-25 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-02-25T19:46:44Z 2020-02-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2020-03-05 False Law Administrative law and regulatory procedures Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Constitution and constitutional amendments Department of Justice Government information and archives Lawyers and legal services Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Law 00 2020-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-24T14:08:11Z Demanding Oversight and Justification Over Legal Conclusions Transparency Act or the DOJ OLC Transparency Act

This bill requires the Department of Justice to publish on its website, and make free to the public, all opinions issued by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). Prospectively, all OLC opinions must be published within 48 hours of being issued. Previously issued opinions must be published in accordance with deadlines established by the bill.

]]> DOJ OLC Transparency Act Display Title DOJ OLC Transparency Act Short Title(s) as Introduced DOJ OLC Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Demanding Oversight and Justification Over Legal Conclusions Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the publication of opinions issued by the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3334is/xml/BILLS-116s3334is.xml 2020-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.