[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 562 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 562

  To increase transparency by requiring Senate amendments to be made 
              available to the public in a timely manner.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2010

Mr. Grassley submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
               the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To increase transparency by requiring Senate amendments to be made 
              available to the public in a timely manner.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of adoption of this 
resolution, the Secretary of the Senate shall make the Senate amendment 
database (ats.senate.gov or a similar amendment database) available to 
the public on a public website in a manner that will allow the public 
to view amendments as soon as they are made widely available to Members 
of Congress and staff.

SEC. 2. UPGRADES TO THE WEBSITE.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of adoption of this 
resolution, the Secretary of the Senate shall improve the Senate 
amendment website and any other amendment website made available to the 
public by ensuring that--
            (1) all amendments are scanned and posted on the website in 
        their entirety;
            (2) all submitted amendments have their purpose inputted 
        when they are entered into the website;
            (3) all amendments are identified on the website as first 
        degree or second degree and by what bill or amendment they are 
        offered, if available;
            (4) all amendments on the website have the dates they were 
        submitted, proposed, and disposed of; and
            (5) all amendments and any associated metadata are 
        permanently available on the website or the Legislative 
        Information System (LIS)/THOMAS sites.

SEC. 3. FUNDING.

    It is the sense of the Senate that appropriations should be made 
available through the appropriations process to carry out this 
resolution.
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