FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Defense: grant accredited members of the media access to military ceremonies and memorial services for soldiers who have died on active duty, and when remains of soldiers arrive at military installations (see H.R. 6662), H7628 [30JY]

Freedom of Information Act: require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation (see S. 2746), S1999 [12MR]

National Archives and Records Administration: promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (see H.R. 6575, 6576), H7057 [23JY]

Smithsonian Institution: apply Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (see S. 3276), S6868 [16JY]

Cost Estimates

Reducing Information Control Designations Act (H.R. 6576): CBO, H7216 [29JY]

Letters

President Bush proposal to transfer functions of the Office of Government Information Services from National Archives and Records Administration to the Dept. of Justice: several civil liberties organizations, S1051 [14FE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Defense: grant accredited members of the media access to military ceremonies and memorial services for soldiers who have died on active duty, and when remains of soldiers arrive at military installations (H.R. 6662), H7932 [9SE]

National Archives and Records Administration: promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (H.R. 6575), H7886-H7888 [9SE]

———promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (H.R. 6576), H7189, H7214-H7218 [29JY], H7596 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate

Bush, President: proposal to transfer functions of the Office of Government Information Services from National Archives and Records Administration to the Dept. of Justice, S1050 [14FE]

Freedom of Information Act: anniversary, S6148 [25JN]

———require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation (S. 2746), S2001 [12MR], S6148 [25JN]

———strengthen (S. 849), S22 [22JA], S1050 [14FE]

———strengthen (S. 2488), S201 [23JA]

National Archives: Office of Government Information Services funding, S6148 [25JN]

Smithsonian Institution: apply Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (S. 3276), S6873-S6875 [16JY]

Reports filed

Over-Classification Reduction Act: Committee on Oversight and Governmental Affairs (House) (H.R. 6575) (H. Rept. 110-809), H7627 [30JY]

Reducing Information Control Designations Act: Committee on Oversight and Governmental Affairs (House) (H.R. 6576) (H. Rept. 110-810), H7627 [30JY]

Texts of

H.R. 6575, Over-Classification Reduction Act, H7886 [9SE]

H.R. 6576, Reducing Information Control Designations Act, H7214-H7216 [29JY]

S. 2746, OPEN FOIA Act, S2001 [12MR]