FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Amendments
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), S5063, S5078, S5086 [29JY], H5761 [29JY]
Articles and editorials
Freedom of Information Act Needs a Push, S5198 [1AU]
Bills and resolutions
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (see S. 627), S1827 [17MR] (see S. 1466), S5192 [1AU] (see H.R. 1564), H2855 [14AP]
———establish (S. 627), consideration (see H. Res. 375), H5660 [27JY] (see H. Res. 383), H5780 [29JY]
Dept. of HHS: issue regulations to make available a searchable Medicare claims and payment database (see S. 756), S2266 [7AP]
Federal agencies and departments: improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government (see H.R. 2340), H4527 [23JN]
Freedom of Information Act: clarify that the personal privacy exemption is explicitly limited to individuals and not corporate entities (see H.R. 484), H508 [26JA]
Government-sponsored enterprises: apply Freedom of Information Act to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during any period that such entities are in conservatorship or receivership (see H.R. 463), H507 [26JA]
National Archives and Records Administration: promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (see H.R. 209), H102 [6JA]
Smithsonian Institution: apply Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (see H.R. 1786), H3108 [5MY]
Cloture motions
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), House amendment, S5062 [29JY], S5153 [31JY]
Cost Estimates
Faster FOIA Act (S. 627): CBO, S2343 [8AP]
Letters
Dept. of Defense treatment of certain sensitive national security information under the Freedom of Information Act: several organizations, S7800 [18NO]
Faster FOIA Act: Rick Blum, Sunshine in Government Initiative, S5065 [29JY]
———several organizations, S5065 [29JY]
Motions
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), S5062, S5063 [29JY], H5764 [29JY]
Remarks in House
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5664, H5667-H5678, H5693-H5721 [28JY], H5761-H5779 [29JY], H7244 [2NO], E1440 [29JY], E1492 [2AU]
———establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 375), H5678-H5688 [28JY]
———establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 383), H5751-H5761 [29JY]
———establish (S. 627), motion to recommit, H5764, H5765 [29JY]
Dept. of Defense: clarify exemption from Freedom of Information Act for data files of the military flight operations quality assurance systems, H3651, H3652 [25MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit funding for any action by a political appointee to delay, vacate, or reverse any decision to make records available pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, H3905 [1JN]
FAA: preserve vintage aircraft engineering data and require information be available to the public, H2206 [31MR]
Smithsonian Institution: apply Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (H.R. 1786), E813, E831 [5MY]
Remarks in Senate
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), S1840 [17MR], S2615 [3MY], S3458, S3459 [26MY], S4212 [29JN], S4976, S4979, S4985 [28JY]
———establish (S. 627), House amendment, S5062 [29JY], S5089-S5144 [30JY], S5147-S5154 [31JY], S5156-S5162, S5164-S5178, S5183 [1AU]
———establish (S. 627), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S5144 [30JY]
———establish (S. 1466), S5197, S5198 [1AU]
Dept. of Defense: improve treatment of certain sensitive national security information under the Freedom of Information Act, S7800 [18NO], S8128 [1DE]
Dept. of HHS: issue regulations to make available a searchable Medicare claims and payment database (S. 756), S2268, S2269 [7AP]
Freedom of Information Act: anniversary, S4212 [29JN]
Reports filed
Consideration of S. 627, Budget Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 375) (H. Rept. 112-184), H5660 [27JY]
———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 383) (H. Rept. 112-187), H5780 [29JY]
Faster FOIA Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 627), S2348 [8AP]
Texts of
H. Res. 375, consideration of S. 627, Budget Control Act, motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, and House of Representatives adjournment, H5678 [28JY]
H. Res. 383, consideration of S. 627, Budget Control Act, H5751 [29JY]
S. 627, Budget Control Act, H5693-H5698 [28JY]
S. 627, Faster FOIA Act, S3458, S3459 [26MY]
S. 756, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, S2269 [7AP]