[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 842 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 842

 To direct the Librarian of Congress to ensure that each version of a 
     bill or resolution which is made available for viewing on the 
Congress.gov website is presented in a manner which permits the viewer 
to follow and track online, within the same document, any changes made 
           from previous versions of the bill or resolution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2017

 Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Messer, Mr. Welch, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. 
Young of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Librarian of Congress to ensure that each version of a 
     bill or resolution which is made available for viewing on the 
Congress.gov website is presented in a manner which permits the viewer 
to follow and track online, within the same document, any changes made 
           from previous versions of the bill or resolution.

    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 ``Establishing Digital Interactive 
Transparency Act'' or the ``EDIT Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING VIEWERS TO TRACK CHANGES MADE TO BILLS AND 
              RESOLUTIONS MADE AVAILABLE ON CONGRESS.GOV WEBSITE.

    (a) Requirements for Website.--In the operation of the Congress.gov 
website, the Librarian of Congress shall ensure that each version of a 
bill or resolution which is made available for viewing on the website 
is presented in a manner which permits the viewer to follow and track 
online, within the same document, any changes made from previous 
versions of the bill or resolution.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect upon the 
expiration of the 1-year period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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