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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 401 

To provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service 

publications. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 11, 2007 

Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. MCCAIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. 

CORNYN, and Mr. HARKIN) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

To provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research 

Service publications. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION. 

3 The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate shall make in4 formation available to the public in accordance with the 

5 provisions of this resolution. 

6 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL RE7 SEARCH SERVICE INFORMATION. 

8 (a) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Sergeant-at-Arms of the 

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1 gressional Research Service, shall make available 

2 through a centralized electronic system, for purposes 

3 of access and retrieval by the public under section 

4 3 of this resolution, all information described in 

5 paragraph (2) that is available through the Congres6 sional Research Service website. 

7 (2) INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.— 

8 The information to be made available under para9 graph (1) is the following: 

10 (A) Congressional Research Service Issue 

11 Briefs. 

12 (B) Congressional Research Service Re13 ports that are available to Members of Congress 

14 through the Congressional Research Service 

15 website. 

16 (C) Congressional Research Service Au17 thorization of Appropriations Products and Ap18 propriations Products. 

19 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

20 (1) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.—Subsection 

21 (a) does not apply to— 

22 (A) any information that is confidential, as 

23 determined by— 

24 (i) the Director of the Congressional 

25 Research Service; or 


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1 (ii) the head of a Federal department 

2 or agency that provided the information to 

3 the Congressional Research Service; or 

4 (B) any documents that are the product of 

5 an individual, office, or committee research re6 quest (other than a document described in sub7 section (a)(2)). 

8 (2) REDACTION AND REVISION.—In carrying 

9 out this section, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, 

10 in consultation with the Director of the Congres11 sional Research Service, may— 

12 (A) remove from the information required 

13 to be made available under subsection (a) the 

14 name and phone number of, and any other in15 formation regarding, an employee of the Con16 gressional Research Service; 

17 (B) remove from the information required 

18 to be made available under subsection (a) any 

19 material for which the Director of the Congres20 sional Research Service, determines that mak21 ing that material available under subsection (a) 

22 may infringe the copyright of a work protected 

23 under title 17, United States Code; and 

24 (C) make any changes in the information 

25 required to be made available under subsection 


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1 (a) that the Director of the Congressional Re2 search Service, determines necessary to ensure 

3 that the information is accurate and current. 

4 (c) MANNER.—The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, 

5 in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Re6 search Service, shall make the information required under 

7 this section available in a manner that is practical and 

8 reasonable. 

9 SEC. 3. METHOD OF ACCESS. 

10 (a) CRS INFORMATION.—Public access to Congres11 sional Research Service information made available under 

12 section 2 shall be provided through the websites main13 tained by Members and Committees of the Senate. 

14 (b) EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRS REPORTS

15 ONLINE.—The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate is respon16 sible for maintaining and updating the information made 

17 available on the Internet under section 2. 

18 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION. 

19 The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate shall establish 

20 the database described in section 2(a) within 6 months 

21 after the date of adoption of this resolution. 

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