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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 118 

To provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service 

publications. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 29, 2009 

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

LEAHY, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. FEINGOLD) 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— 

5 (A) all information described in paragraph 

6 (2) that is available through the Congressional 

7 Research Service website; and 

8 (B) an index of all information described 

9 in paragraph (2) that is available through the 

10 Congressional Research Service website. 

11 (2) INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.— 

12 The information to be made available under para13 graph (1) is the following: 

14 (A) Congressional Research Service Issue 

15 Briefs. 

16 (B) Congressional Research Service Re17 ports that are available to Members of Congress 

18 through the Congressional Research Service 

19 website. 

20 (C) Congressional Research Service Au21 thorization of Appropriations Products and Ap22 propriations Products. 

23 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

24 (1) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.—Subsection 

25 (a) does not apply to— 


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1 (A) any information that is confidential, as 

2 determined by— 

3 (i) the Director of the Congressional 

4 Research Service; or 

5 (ii) the head of a Federal department 

6 or agency that provided the information to 

7 the Congressional Research Service; or 

8 (B) any documents that are the product of 

9 an individual, office, or committee research re10 quest (other than a document described in sub11 section (a)(2)). 

12 (2) REDACTION AND REVISION.—In carrying 

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

14 in consultation with the Director of the Congres15 sional Research Service, may— 

16 (A) remove from the information required 

17 to be made available under subsection (a) the 

18 name and phone number of, and any other in19 formation regarding, an employee of the Con20 gressional Research Service; 

21 (B) remove from the information required 

22 to be made available under subsection (a) any 

23 material for which the Director of the Congres24 sional Research Service, determines that mak25 ing that material available under subsection (a) 


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1 may infringe the copyright of a work protected 

2 under title 17, United States Code; and 

3 (C) make any changes in the information 

4 required to be made available under subsection 

5 (a) that the Director of the Congressional Re6 search Service, determines necessary to ensure 

7 that the information is accurate and current. 

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

9 in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Re10 search Service, shall make the information required under 

11 this section available in a manner that is practical and 

12 reasonable. 

13 SEC. 3. METHOD OF ACCESS. 

14 (a) CRS INFORMATION.—Public access to Congres15 sional Research Service information made available under 

16 section 2 shall be provided through the websites main17 tained by Members and Committees of the Senate. The 

18 Sergeant-at-Arms shall ensure that the websites main19 tained by Members and Committees of the Senate provide 

20 the same capability to find information made available 

21 under section 2 as the Congressional Research Service 

22 website. 

23 (b) EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRS REPORTS

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1 sible for maintaining and updating the information made 

2 available on the Internet under section 2. 

3 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION. 

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

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

6 after the date of adoption of this resolution. 

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