[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 360 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 360

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that legislative information shall 
              be publicly available through the Internet.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2004

  Mr. Corzine (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
    Leahy, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Lieberman) submitted the following 
     resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that legislative information shall 
              be publicly available through the Internet.

Whereas an open and free exchange of information about the legislative process 
        is critical to ensuring the success and health of a democracy;
Whereas the public should have easy and timely electronic access to public 
        records of Congress;
Whereas congressional documents that are placed in the Congressional Record are 
        made available to the public electronically by the Superintendent of 
        Documents of the Government Printing Office, under the direction of the 
        Public Printer, but it is often difficult and time-consuming for the 
        public to access and locate such documents;
 Whereas many official congressional documents are not placed in the 
        Congressional Record and are unavailable electronically to the public; 
        and
Whereas the current system for electronic public access to legislative 
        information and legislative resources, as maintained by the Library of 
        Congress, could be improved, and should be continuously upgraded to keep 
        pace with advances in website technology: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the Library of Congress shall continue to provide and 
        maintain a website for public access to legislative documents;
            (2) the website shall provide access to as much information 
        about current and historical legislative documents as is 
        reasonably practicable;
            (3) the Library of Congress shall provide sufficient 
        financial and personnel resources to maintain the website at 
        modern standards of accessibility and usability; and
            (4) offices and personnel that develop and maintain 
        congressional documents shall cooperate to the maximum extent 
        practicable with the Library of Congress to ensure that the 
        Library of Congress website has full and prompt access to all 
        publicly available congressional documents.
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