(B) include the congressionally mandated 
report on the list described in subsection 
(b)(5)(C). 
(2) REPORTS NOT IN OPEN FORMAT.—If a Fed-
eral agency submits a congressionally mandated re-
port that is not in an open format, the Director shall 
include the congressionally mandated report in an-
other format on the reports website. 
(d) FREE ACCESS.—The Director may not charge a 
fee, require registration, or impose any other limitation 
in exchange for access to the reports website. 
(e) UPGRADE CAPABILITY.—The reports website 
shall be enhanced and updated as necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF RE-
PORTS.—Concurrently with the submission to Congress of 
each congressionally mandated report, the head of the 
Federal agency submitting the congressionally mandated 
report shall submit to the Director the information re-
quired under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 
3(b)(1) with respect to the congressionally mandated re-
port. Nothing in this Act shall relieve a Federal agency 
of any other requirement to publish the congressionally 
mandated report on the website of the Federal agency or 
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otherwise submit the congressionally mandated report to 
Congress or specific committees of Congress, or sub-
committees thereof. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Di-
rector, shall issue guidance to agencies on the implementa-
tion of this Act. 
(c) STRUCTURE OF SUBMITTED REPORT DATA.— 
The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that each 
congressionally mandated report submitted to the Director 
complies with the open format criteria established by the 
Director in the guidance issued under subsection (b). 
(d) POINT OF CONTACT.—The head of each Federal 
agency shall designate a point of contact for congression-
ally mandated report. 
(e) LIST OF REPORTS.—As soon as practicable each 
calendar year (but not later than April 1), and on a rolling 
basis during the year if feasible, the Librarian of Congress 
shall submit to the Director a list of congressionally man-
dated reports from the previous calendar year, in consulta-
tion with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, which 
shall— 
(1) be provided in an open format; 
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(2) include the information required under 
clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) of section 3(b)(1)(C) for 
each report; 
(3) include the frequency of the report; 
(4) include a unique alphanumeric identifier for 
the report that is consistent across report editions; 
(5) include the date on which each report is re-
quired to be submitted; and 
(6) be updated and provided to the Director, as 
necessary. 
SEC. 5. REMOVING AND ALTERING REPORTS. 
A report submitted to be published to the reports 
website may only be changed or removed, with the excep-
tion of technical changes, by the head of the Federal agen-
cy concerned if— 
(1) the head of the Federal agency consults 
with each congressional committee to which the re-
port is submitted; and 
(2) Congress enacts a joint resolution author-
izing the changing or removal of the report. 
SEC. 6. RELATIONSHIP TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to require the disclosure of information or records 
that are exempt from public disclosure under section 552 
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of title 5, United States Code, or to impose any affirmative 
duty on the Director to review congressionally mandated 
reports submitted for publication to the reports website 
for the purpose of identifying and redacting such informa-
tion or records. 
(b) REDACTION OF REPORT.—With respect to each 
congressionally mandated report, the head of each relevant 
Federal agency shall redact any information that may not 
be publicly released under section 552(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, before submission for publication on the re-
ports website, and shall— 
(1) redact only such information from the re-
port; 
(2) identify where any such redaction is made 
in the report; and 
(3) identify the exemption under which each 
such redaction is made. 
(c) WITHHOLDING INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A Federal agency— 
(A) may withhold information otherwise re-
quired to be disclosed under this Act only if— 
(i) the Federal agency reasonably 
foresees that disclosure would harm an in-
terest protected by an exemption described 
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in section 552(b) of title 5, United States 
Code; or 
(ii) disclosure is prohibited by law; 
and 
(B) shall— 
(i) consider whether partial disclosure 
of information otherwise required to be dis-
closed under this Act is possible whenever 
the Federal agency determines that a full 
disclosure of the information is not pos-
sible; and 
(ii) take reasonable steps necessary to 
segregate and release nonexempt informa-
tion. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection requires disclosure of information that is 
otherwise prohibited from disclosure by law, or oth-
erwise exempted from disclosure under section 
552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 7. IMPLEMENTATION. 
Except as provided in section 4(c), this Act shall be 
implemented not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply with respect to congres-
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sionally mandated reports submitted to Congress on or 
after the date that is 1 year after such date of enactment. 
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