I 
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 fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to establish and maintain a single website acces-
sible to the public that allows the public to obtain elec-
tronic copies of congressionally mandated reports. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Access to Congression-
ally Mandated Reports Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WEBSITE FOR CONGRESSION-
ALLY MANDATED REPORTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH WEBSITE.—Not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall establish and maintain a single website accessible by 
the public that allows the public to obtain electronic copies 
of congressionally mandated reports. 
(b) CONTENT AND FUNCTION.—The Director shall 
ensure that the website required under subsection (a), 
with respect to each congressionally mandated report— 
(1) provides a citation to the statute mandating 
the report; 
(2) provides an electronic copy of the report, in-
cluding the transmittal letter associated with the re-
port, through a hyperlink or machine readable file 
(or through such other successor electronic means as 
may be available); 
(3) enables the report to be retrieved, to the ex-
tent practicable, through searches based on— 
(A) the title of the report; 
(B) the reporting agency; 
(C) the date of publication; 
(D) the congressional committee receiving 
the report, if applicable; 
(E) subject tags; 
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(F) the serial number or other number for 
the report, if applicable; 
(G) the statute or regulation requiring the 
report; 
(H) key words; and 
(I) any other relevant information specified 
by the Director; 
(4) provides a means for members of the public 
to request e-mail notification when a report becomes 
available on the website; and 
(5) enables access to any such report within 30 
days after its submission to Congress. 
(c) FREE ACCESS.—The Director may not charge a 
fee for access to the website required under subsection (a). 
(d) UPGRADE CAPABILITY.—The website required 
under subsection (a) shall be capable of being continually 
upgraded to be of maximum use as technology and content 
evolve over time. 
SEC. 3. AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF RE-
PORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The head of each agency 
shall provide to the Office of Management and 
Budget an electronic copy of each congressionally 
mandated report. The copy shall be provided 
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