consultation conducted in secret strongly outweighs 
the public’s interest in an accountable Government 
free of corruption and political influence. 
(3) Any information related to a small group of 
particularly sensitive meetings (such as visits of po-
tential Supreme Court nominees). 
SEC. 603. IMPROVING ACCESS TO BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS 
BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDG-
ET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with the budget for fis-
cal year 2016, not later than 24 hours after the date on 
which the President submits the budget under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall make all budget 
justifications available online in a searchable, sortable, 
machine readable, and downloadable format and any elec-
tronic version of the budget shall provide a link to each 
budget justification by the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘budget justifications’’ refers to the documents an agency 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate in support of its 
budget request. The Office of Management and Budget 
prescribes justification materials, which typically explain 
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changes between the current appropriations and the 
amounts requested for the next fiscal year and may be 
referred to in the budget submission of the President 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 604. IMPROVING RULEMAKING DISCLOSURE FOR THE 
OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) INCLUSION IN THE RULEMAKING DOCKET OF 
DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRALIZED REGULATORY RE-
VIEW.—As soon as practicable, and not later than 15 days 
after the conclusion of centralized regulatory review for 
a draft proposed or draft final rule, the Administrator of 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall in-
clude in the rulemaking docket the following: 
(1) A copy of the draft proposed or draft final 
rule and supporting analyses submitted to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review. 
(2) A copy of the draft proposed or draft final 
rule that incorporates substantive changes, if any, 
made to the rule as part of implementing centralized 
regulatory review. 
(3) A document describing in a complete, clear, 
and simple manner all substantive changes made by 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to 
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the draft proposed or draft final rule submitted by 
the agency to Office for review. 
(4) A copy of all documents and written com-
munications (including all electronic mail and elec-
tronic mail file attachments), and a summary of all 
oral communications (including phone calls, phone 
conferences, and meetings), exchanged as part of the 
implementation of the centralized regulatory review 
between or among any of the following: 
(A) The agency responsible for the rule. 
(B) The Office of Information and Regu-
latory Affairs. 
(C) Any other office or entity within the 
Executive Office of the President. 
(D) An agency that is not the agency re-
sponsible for the rule. 
(E) An individual who is not employed 
by— 
(i) the executive branch of the Federal 
Government; or 
(ii) an agency that is not the agency 
responsible for the rule. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CENTRALIZED REGULATORY REVIEW.—The 
term ‘‘centralized regulatory review’’ means the in-
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stitutional process of Presidential oversight of indi-
vidual agency rules governed by Executive Order 
12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), or any successor to such Exec-
utive order. 
(2) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to preempt or displace the disclo-
sure requirements under any other provision of law affect-
ing administrative procedure, if such requirements are not 
inconsistent with the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 605. IMPROVING E-FILING DATA COLLECTION AND 
DISTRIBUTION FOR NON-PROFITS. 
(a) MANDATORY
ELECTRONIC
FILING.—Section 
6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by 
inserting after subsection (m) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(n) MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING.—Any orga-
nization required to file a return under this section shall 
file such return in electronic form.’’. 
(b) INSPECTION OF ELECTRONICALLY FILED AN-
NUAL RETURNS.—Subsection (b) of section 6104 of such 
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Code is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Any 
annual return required to be filed electronically under sec-
tion 6033(n) shall be made available by the Secretary to 
the public in a database that is searchable, sortable, ma-
chine readable, and downloadable.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 606. IMPROVING EASE OF ONLINE ACCESS TO REG-
ISTRATION INFORMATION FROM AGENTS OF 
FOREIGN PRINCIPALS. 
(a) IMPROVING ONLINE ACCESS.—Section 6(d)(1) of 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 
616(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘in a searchable, sort-
able, and downloadable manner’’ and inserting ‘‘in a for-
mat which is directly searchable, sortable, downloadable, 
and machine-readable’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
30-day period which begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 607. AGENCY DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
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TITLE 
VII—STRENGTHENING 
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION ACT 
SEC. 701. DIGITAL ACCESS TO COMPLETED RESPONSES TO 
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) DATABASE
OF
COMPLETED
FOIA
RE-
QUESTS.—Each agency shall make available all ma-
terials contained in the agency’s completed response 
to a request under section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (in this section referred to as a ‘‘FOIA 
request’’) in a structured database or in a search-
able, sortable, downloadable, machine-readable data-
base within 2 months after the date the FOIA re-
quest was completed. 
(2) ELECTRONIC FORMAT.—All information is 
presumed to be available in an electronic format as 
described in paragraph (1) unless the agency dem-
onstrates that excessive cost would place an undue 
burden on the agency. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—All information included 
in the agency’s completed response to a FOIA request 
shall be made available to the public electronically and 
without cost through each agency’s website. 
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SEC. 702. EXPLANATION REQUIRED FOR CREATION OF EX-
EMPTION IN THE FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION ACT. 
Section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘with an explanation for the ex-
emption’’ after ‘‘specifically cites to this paragraph’’. 
SEC. 703. FOIAONLINE FOR AGENCIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the head of each agency shall use 
FOIAonline to log, track, and publish all requests received 
under section 552 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 704. AGENCY DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
TITLE VIII—IMPROVING TRANS-
PARENCY WITHIN THE JUDI-
CIAL SYSTEM 
SEC. 801. GAO STUDY ON VIDEO RECORDING OF SUPREME 
COURT PROCEEDINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States, in consultation with the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, shall conduct a study on the 
effect on the Supreme Court of the United States of video 
recording oral arguments before the Supreme Court, and 
making those video recordings publicly available on the 
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Internet website of the Supreme Court at the same time 
that they are recorded, including the effect on costs, and 
on the atmosphere of such arguments. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to Congress the findings 
of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 802. AUDIO RECORDING OF SUPREME COURT PRO-
CEEDINGS. 
The Chief Justice of the United States shall ensure 
that the audio of an oral argument before the Supreme 
Court of the United States is recorded and is made pub-
licly available on the Internet website of the Supreme 
Court at the same time that it is recorded. 
SEC. 803. AVAILABILITY ON THE INTERNET OF FINANCIAL 
DISCLOSURE REPORTS OF JUDICIAL OFFI-
CERS. 
Section 103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App. 103), as amended by this Act, is further 
amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) The Judicial Conference shall make available 
any report filed with it under this title by a judicial officer 
within 48 hours of the applicable submission deadline on 
the website of the Judicial Conference in a searchable, 
sortable, downloadable, machine-readable format.’’. 
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SEC. 804. GAO AUDIT OF PACER. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an audit of the public access to court 
electronic records system maintained by the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts, and shall submit 
to Congress, the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, and any other appropriate Federal agency 
or office, a report that contains the results of the audit, 
along with any recommendations for improving the public 
access to court electronic records system. 
TITLE IX—ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 901. AUDITS BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 
OFFICE. 
(a) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall conduct annual audits of the implementation of 
the provisions in this Act, and shall submit annually to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a report on the results of the audits. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED BY AUDITS.—Audits con-
ducted under this section shall address whether the con-
gressional and executive branch data that is required to 
be provided to the public through the Internet is each of 
the following: 
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(1) COMPLETE.—Made available, except for 
data that is subject to privacy, security, or privilege 
exemptions. 
(2) PRIMARY.—Collected at the source, with the 
highest possible level of granularity, not in aggregate 
or modified forms. 
(3) TIMELY.—Made available as quickly as nec-
essary to preserve the value of the data. 
(4) ACCESSIBLE.—Available to the widest range 
of users for the widest range of purposes. 
(5) 
MACHINE
PROCESSABLE.—Reasonably 
structured to allow automated processing. 
(6) NON-DISCRIMINATORY.—Available to any-
one, with no registration requirement. 
(7) NON-PROPRIETARY.—Available in a format 
over which no entity has exclusive control. 
(8) LICENSE-FREE.—Not subject to any copy-
right, patent, trademark, or trade secret regulation 
(with reasonable privacy, security, and privilege re-
strictions). 
(c) CURRENT STANDARDS.—Audits conducted under 
this section shall also address whether the data provided 
to the public under this Act is produced and maintained 
using current standards for data publication. 
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