[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5253 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5253

  To amend section 552(h) of title 5, United States Code, to require 
 agencies provide records to the Director of the Office of Government 
                         Information Services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2018

    Mr. Farenthold (for himself and Mr. Cartwright) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 552(h) of title 5, United States Code, to require 
 agencies provide records to the Director of the Office of Government 
                         Information Services.

    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 ``Office of Government Information 
Services Empowerment Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AMENDMENTS.

    Section 552(h) of title 5, United States Code is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Each agency shall make any record available to the 
        Director of the Office of Government Information Services for 
        purposes of carrying out this subsection, upon request of the 
        Director.''.
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