[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 118

 To provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service 
                             publications.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2009

 Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Feingold) submitted the following resolution; 
    which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service 
                             publications.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

    The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate shall make information available 
to the public in accordance with the provisions of this resolution.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) Availability of Information.--
            (1) In general.--The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, in 
        consultation with the Director of the Congressional Research 
        Service, shall make available through a centralized electronic 
        system, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public 
        under section 3 of this resolution--
                    (A) all information described in paragraph (2) that 
                is available through the Congressional Research Service 
                website; and
                    (B) an index of all information described in 
                paragraph (2) that is available through the 
                Congressional Research Service website.
            (2) Information to be made available.--The information to 
        be made available under paragraph (1) is the following:
                    (A) Congressional Research Service Issue Briefs.
                    (B) Congressional Research Service Reports that are 
                available to Members of Congress through the 
                Congressional Research Service website.
                    (C) Congressional Research Service Authorization of 
                Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products.
    (b) Limitations.--
            (1) Confidential information.--Subsection (a) does not 
        apply to--
                    (A) any information that is confidential, as 
                determined by--
                            (i) the Director of the Congressional 
                        Research Service; or
                            (ii) the head of a Federal department or 
                        agency that provided the information to the 
                        Congressional Research Service; or
                    (B) any documents that are the product of an 
                individual, office, or committee research request 
                (other than a document described in subsection (a)(2)).
            (2) Redaction and revision.--In carrying out this section, 
        the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, in consultation with the 
        Director of the Congressional Research Service, may--
                    (A) remove from the information required to be made 
                available under subsection (a) the name and phone 
                number of, and any other information regarding, an 
                employee of the Congressional Research Service;
                    (B) remove from the information required to be made 
                available under subsection (a) any material for which 
                the Director of the Congressional Research Service, 
                determines that making that material available under 
                subsection (a) may infringe the copyright of a work 
                protected under title 17, United States Code; and
                    (C) make any changes in the information required to 
                be made available under subsection (a) that the 
                Director of the Congressional Research Service, 
                determines necessary to ensure that the information is 
                accurate and current.
    (c) Manner.--The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, in consultation 
with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, shall make the 
information required under this section available in a manner that is 
practical and reasonable.

SEC. 3. METHOD OF ACCESS.

    (a) CRS Information.--Public access to Congressional Research 
Service information made available under section 2 shall be provided 
through the websites maintained by Members and Committees of the 
Senate. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall ensure that the websites maintained 
by Members and Committees of the Senate provide the same capability to 
find information made available under section 2 as the Congressional 
Research Service website.
    (b) Editorial Responsibility for CRS Reports Online.--The Sergeant-
at-Arms of the Senate is responsible for maintaining and updating the 
information made available on the Internet under section 2.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION.

    The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate shall establish the database 
described in section 2(a) within 6 months after the date of adoption of 
this resolution.
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