[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 777 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 777

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 13, 1999

Mr. Fitzgerald introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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 on the 
progress made toward implementing subsection (a).
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