[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1578 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1578

To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval 
by the public, certain information available through the Congressional 
                       Research Service web site.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 1998

 Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Coats, Mr. Faircloth, and Mr. Ashcroft) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval 
by the public, certain information available through the Congressional 
                       Research Service web site.

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

SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN CRS WEB SITE INFORMATION.

    (a) Availability of Information.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the Congressional Research 
        Service shall make available on the Internet, for purposes of 
        access and retrieval by the public, all information that--
                    (A) is available through the Congressional Research 
                Service web site;
                    (B) is described in paragraph (2); and
                    (C) is not confidential as determined by--
                            (i) the Director; or
                            (ii) the head of a Federal department or 
                        agency that provided the information to the 
                        Congressional Research Service.
            (2) Information.--The information referred to in paragraph 
        (1)(B) is as follows:
                    (A) All Congressional Research Service Issue 
                Briefs.
                    (B) All Congressional Research Service Reports that 
                are available to Members of Congress through the 
                Congressional Research Service web site.
                    (C) All Congressional Research Service 
                Authorization of Appropriations Products or 
                Appropriations Products.
    (b) Time.--The information shall be so made available not earlier 
than 30 days after the first day the information is available to 
Members of Congress through the Congressional Research Service web 
site.
    (c) Requirements.--The Director of the Congressional Research 
Service shall make the information available in a manner that the 
Director determines--
            (1) is practical and reasonable; and
            (2) does not permit the submission of comments from the 
        public.
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