[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4797. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 
to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration shall ensure that the 
     Administration responds in a timely manner to a request from 
     Congress or the Congressional Budget Office, including a 
     response to questions for the record, a letter from a Member 
     of Congress, a request for technical assistance, or views on 
     legislation.
       (b) The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration shall submit to Congress an annual 
     report on the requests for information submitted to the 
     Administration during the previous year and the timeliness of 
     responses to such requests. Each such report shall include--
       (1) the number of such requests made by members of Congress 
     or the Congressional Budget Office and the response time for 
     each such request; and
       (2) the number of such requests made under section 552 of 
     title 5 (commonly referred to as the ``Freedom of Information 
     Act'') and the response time for each such request.
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