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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6026 

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish 

and maintain a single website accessible to the public that allows the 

public to obtain electronic copies of congressionally mandated reports. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2010 

Mr. DRIEHAUS (for himself, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. CLAY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget to establish and maintain a single website accessible to the public that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of congressionally mandated reports. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Access to Congression5 ally Mandated Reports Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WEBSITE FOR CONGRESSION2 ALLY MANDATED REPORTS. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH WEBSITE.—Not 

4 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

6 shall establish and maintain a single website accessible by 

7 the public that allows the public to obtain electronic copies 

8 of congressionally mandated reports. 

9 (b) CONTENT AND FUNCTION.—The Director shall 

10 ensure that the website required under subsection (a), 

11 with respect to each congressionally mandated report— 

12 (1) provides a citation to the statute mandating 

13 the report; 

14 (2) provides an electronic copy of the report, in15 cluding the transmittal letter associated with the re16 port, through a hyperlink or machine readable file 

17 (or through such other successor electronic means as 

18 may be available); 

19 (3) enables the report to be retrieved, to the ex20 tent practicable, through searches based on— 

21 (A) the title of the report; 

22 (B) the reporting agency; 

23 (C) the date of publication; 

24 (D) the congressional committee receiving 

25 the report, if applicable; 

26 (E) subject tags; 

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1 (F) the serial number or other number for 

2 the report, if applicable; 

3 (G) the statute or regulation requiring the 

4 report; 

5 (H) key words; and 

6 (I) any other relevant information specified 

7 by the Director; 

8 (4) provides a means for members of the public 

9 to request e-mail notification when a report becomes 

10 available on the website; and 

11 (5) enables access to any such report within 30 

12 days after its submission to Congress. 

13 (c) FREE ACCESS.—The Director may not charge a 

14 fee for access to the website required under subsection (a). 

15 (d) UPGRADE CAPABILITY.—The website required 

16 under subsection (a) shall be capable of being continually 

17 upgraded to be of maximum use as technology and content 

18 evolve over time. 

19 SEC. 3. AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. 

20 (a) SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF RE21 PORTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency 

23 shall provide to the Office of Management and 

24 Budget an electronic copy of each congressionally 

25 mandated report. The copy shall be provided 

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1 through a hyperlink or machine readable file (or 

2 through such other successor electronic means as 

3 may be available). 

4 (2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER SUBMISSIONS TO

5 OMB.—The electronic copy of a congressionally man6 dated report provided under paragraph (1) shall be 

7 solely for purposes of posting on the website estab8 lished under section 2 and not for purposes of review 

9 by the Office of Management and Budget. This sub10 section shall not be construed as affecting any other 

11 requirement otherwise applicable to an agency or re12 port relating to review by the Office. 

13 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than eight months after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

15 Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance to 

16 agencies on the implementation of this Act. 

17 SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 

18 ACT. 

19 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the 

20 disclosure of information or records that are exempt from 

21 disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States 

22 Code. If any information in a congressionally mandated 

23 report may not be publicly released under section 552(b) 

24 of title 5, United States Code, the agency concerned shall 

25 omit from the website established under section 2 only the 

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1 portion of the report containing that information and shall 

2 identify the exemption under which the omission is made. 

3 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means an 

6 Executive agency as defined by section 105 of title 

7 5, United States Code, but does not include the Gov8 ernment Accountability Office. 

9 (2) CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT.— 

10 The term ‘‘congressionally mandated report’’ means 

11 a report that is required by statute to be submitted 

12 to Congress. 

13 SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION. 

14 Except as provided in section 3(b), this Act shall be 

15 implemented not later than one year after the date of the 

16 enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to con17 gressionally mandated reports submitted to Congress on 

18 or after the date occurring one year after such date of 

19 enactment. 

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