[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 852 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 852

  To require the Department of Agriculture to establish an electronic 
 filing and retrieval system to enable the public to file all required 
  paperwork electronically with the Department and to have access to 
  public information on farm programs, quarterly trade, economic, and 
           production reports, and other similar information.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 1999

  Mr. LaHood introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Department of Agriculture to establish an electronic 
 filing and retrieval system to enable the public to file all required 
  paperwork electronically with the Department and to have access to 
  public information on farm programs, quarterly trade, economic, and 
           production reports, and other similar 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 ``Freedom to E-File Act''.

SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC FILING AND RETRIEVAL.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an 
electronic filing and retrieval system to enable the public to file all 
required paperwork electronically with the Department of Agriculture 
and to have access to public information on farm programs, quarterly 
trade, economic, and production reports, and other similar information.
    (b) Progress Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to Congress the 
progress made toward implementing subsection (a).
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