[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[S. 564 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.564
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                                 An Act

  
 
  To establish in the Government Printing Office a means of enhancing 
electronic

    public access to a wide range of Federal electronic information.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Printing Office Electronic 
Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) In General.--Title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new chapter:

         ``CHAPTER 41--ACCESS TO FEDERAL ELECTRONIC INFORMATION

``Sec.
``4101. Electronic directory; online access to publications; electronic 
          storage facility.
``4102. Fees.
``4103. Biennial report.
``4104. Definition.

``§4101. Electronic directory; online access to publications; 
            electronic storage facility

    ``(a) In General.--The Superintendent of Documents, under the 
direction of the Public Printer, shall--
        ``(1) maintain an electronic directory of Federal electronic 
    information;
        ``(2) provide a system of online access to the Congressional 
    Record, the Federal Register, and, as determined by the 
    Superintendent of Documents, other appropriate publications 
    distributed by the Superintendent of Documents; and
        ``(3) operate an electronic storage facility for Federal 
    electronic information to which online access is made available 
    under paragraph (2).
    ``(b) Departmental Requests.--To the extent practicable, the 
Superintendent of Documents shall accommodate any request by the head of 
a department or agency to include in the system of access referred to in 
subsection (a)(2) information that is under the control of the 
department or agency involved.
    ``(c) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the 
Superintendent of Documents shall consult--
        ``(1) users of the directory and the system of access provided 
    for under subsection (a); and
        ``(2) other providers of similar information services.
The purpose of such consultation shall be to assess the quality and 
value of the directory and the system, in light of user needs.

``§4102. Fees

    ``(a) In General.--The Superintendent of Documents, under the 
direction of the Public Printer, may charge reasonable fees for use of 
the directory and the system of access provided for under section 4101, 
except that use of the directory and the system shall be made available 
to depository libraries without charge. The fees received shall be 
treated in the same manner as moneys received from sale of documents 
under section 1702 of this title.
    ``(b) Cost Recovery.--The fees charged under this section shall be 
set so as to recover the incremental cost of dissemination of the 
information involved, with the cost to be computed without regard to 
section 1708 of this title.

``§4103. Biennial report

    ``Not later than December 31 of each odd-numbered year, the Public 
Printer shall submit to the Congress, with respect to the two preceding 
fiscal years, a report on the directory, the system of access, and the 
electronic storage facility referred to in section 4101(a). The report 
shall include a description of the functions involved, including a 
statement of cost savings in comparison with traditional forms of 
information distribution.

``§4104. Definition

    ``As used in this chapter, the term `Federal electronic information' 
means Federal public information stored electronically.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``41. Access to Federal Electronic Information....................


                                                                 4101''.

SEC. 3. STATUS REPORT.

    Not later than June 30, 1994, the Public Printer shall submit to the 
Congress a report on the status of the directory, the system of access, 
and the electronic storage facility referred to in section 4101 of title 
44, United States Code, as added by section 2(a).

SEC. 4. SPECIAL RULES.

    (a) Operational Deadline.--The directory, the system of access, and 
the electronic storage facility referred to in section 4101 of title 44, 
United States Code, as added by section 2(a), shall be operational not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) First Biennial Report.--The first report referred to in section 
4103 of title 44, United States Code, as added by section 2(a), shall be 
submitted not later than December 31, 1995.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.