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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1247" measure-id="id119hr1247" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-02-12" update-date="2025-05-02">
        <title>WISE Government Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr1247v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-05-02">
            <action-date>2025-02-12</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Well-Informed, Scientific, &amp;</strong> <strong> Efficient Government Act of 2025 or the WISE Government Act</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>The General Services Administration must submit to Congress and each agency library a report on increasing agency library access to serials.</p>]]></summary-text>
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