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Union Calendar No. 294 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 653 
[Report No. 114–391] 
To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
as the Freedom of Information Act), to provide for greater public access 
to information, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. QUIGLEY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
JANUARY 7, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. GUINTA, Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. FRANKS 
of Arizona, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. 
TIPTON, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HURT of Virginia, 
Mr. GOSAR, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. ROSS, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. HONDA, 
Mr. FOSTER, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Geor-
gia, Mr. AMODEI, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. POLIS, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 
MESSER, Mr. YOHO, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ABRAHAM, and 
Mr. CICILLINE 
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JANUARY 7, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 2, 2015] 
A BILL 
To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (com-
monly known as the Freedom of Information Act), to 
provide for greater public access to information, and 
for other purposes. 
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(iv) in the matter following subpara-
graph (F) (as added by clause (iii) of this 
subparagraph)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 
(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs 
(D) and (E)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘subparagraph 
(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(F)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘that will take longer than ten days to 
process’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘automated’’ after ‘‘provides’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘make publicly 
available upon request’’ and inserting ‘‘make avail-
able in an electronic, publicly accessible format’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(m) ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSOLIDATED
ONLINE
REQUEST
POR-
TAL.—The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the Attorney General, 
shall ensure the operation of a consolidated online re-
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quest portal that allows a member of the public to 
submit a request for records under subsection (a) to 
any agency from a single website. The portal may in-
clude any additional tools the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget finds will improve the 
implementation of this section. 
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This subsection 
shall not be construed to alter the power of any other 
agency to create or maintain an independent online 
portal for the submission of a request for records 
under this section. The Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall establish standards for 
interoperability between the portal required under 
paragraph (1) and other request processing software 
used by agencies subject to this section. 
‘‘(3) EMAIL REQUEST REQUIRED.—Each agency 
shall accept requests for records under subsection (a) 
through an email address and shall publish such 
email address on the website of the agency.’’. 
(b) PRESUMPTION OF OPENNESS.—Section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ‘‘with 
the agency’’ the following: ‘‘, excluding— 
‘‘(A) opinions that are controlling interpre-
tations of law; 
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‘‘(B) final reports or memoranda created by 
an entity other than the agency, including other 
Governmental entities, at the request of the agen-
cy and used to make a final policy decision; 
‘‘(C) guidance documents used by the agen-
cy to respond to the public; and 
‘‘(D) records or information created 25 
years or more before the date on which a request 
is made under subsection (a)(3)’’; and 
(2) in the matter following paragraph (9), by in-
serting before ‘‘Any reasonably segregable portion’’ the 
following: ‘‘An agency may not withhold information 
under this subsection unless such agency reasonably 
foresees that disclosure would cause specific identifi-
able harm to an interest protected by an exemption, 
or if disclosure is prohibited by law.’’. 
(c) ASSESSMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND OTHER 
LITIGATION COSTS.—Section 552(a)(4)(E)(i) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘The court 
may’’ and inserting ‘‘The court shall’’. 
(d) THE OFFICE
OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 
SERVICES.—Section 552 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, in consultation with the Director 
of the Office of Government Information Services,’’; 
and 
(2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h) THE OFFICE
OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 
SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
Office of Government Information Services within the 
National Archives and Records Administration. The 
head of the Office is the Director of the Office of Gov-
ernment Information Services. 
‘‘(2) REVIEW OF FOIA POLICY, PROCEDURE, AND 
COMPLIANCE.—The Office of Government Information 
Services shall— 
‘‘(A) review policies and procedures of agen-
cies under this section; 
‘‘(B) review compliance with this section by 
agencies; 
‘‘(C) identify methods that improve compli-
ance under this section that may include— 
‘‘(i) the timely processing of requests 
submitted to agencies under this section; 
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‘‘(ii) the system for assessing fees and 
fee waivers under this section; and 
‘‘(iii) the use of any exemption under 
subsection (b); and 
‘‘(D) review and provide guidance to agen-
cies on the use of fees and fee waivers. 
‘‘(3) MEDIATION SERVICES.—The Office of Gov-
ernment Information Services shall offer mediation 
services to resolve disputes between persons making 
requests under this section and agencies as a non-ex-
clusive alternative to litigation and may issue advi-
sory opinions at the discretion of the Office or upon 
request of any party to such mediation services. 
‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Govern-
ment Information Services shall not less than 
annually submit to the committees described in 
subparagraph (C) and the President a report on 
the findings from the information reviewed and 
identified under paragraph (2), a summary of 
the Office’s activities under paragraph (3) (in-
cluding any advisory opinions issued), and legis-
lative and regulatory recommendations to im-
prove the administration of this section. 
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‘‘(B) ELECTRONIC
AVAILABILITY
OF
RE-
PORTS.—The Office shall make available any re-
port submitted under paragraph (A) in a pub-
licly accessible format. 
‘‘(C) CONGRESSIONAL SUBMISSION OF RE-
PORT.—The committees described in this sub-
paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(i) The Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(ii) The Committees on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs and the 
Judiciary of the Senate. 
‘‘(D) DIRECT SUBMISSION OF REPORTS AND 
TESTIMONY.—Any report submitted under para-
graph (A), any testimony, or any other commu-
nication to Congress shall be submitted directly 
to the committees and the President, without any 
requirement that any officer or employee outside 
of the Office of Government Information Serv-
ices, including the Archivist of the United States 
and the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, review such report, testimony, or 
other communication. 
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‘‘(5) SUBMISSION
OF
ADDITIONAL
INFORMA-
TION.—The Director of the Office of Government In-
formation Services may submit additional informa-
tion to Congress and the President that the Director 
determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(6) ANNUAL
MEETING
REQUIRED.—Not less 
than once a year, the Office of Government Informa-
tion Services shall hold a meeting that is open to the 
public on the review and reports by the Office and 
permit interested persons to appear and present oral 
or written statements at such meeting.’’. 
(e) PUBLIC RESOURCES.—Section 552(a)(6)(A) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘of such determina-
tion and the reasons therefor, and of the right of such 
person to appeal to the head of the agency any ad-
verse determination; and’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘of— 
‘‘(I) such determination and the reasons 
therefor; 
‘‘(II) the right of such person to seek assist-
ance from the agency FOIA Public Liaison; and 
‘‘(III) the right of such person to appeal to 
the head of the agency any adverse determina-
tion, within a period determined by the agency 
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that is not less than 90 days after the receipt of 
such adverse determination; and’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘and the right of 
such person to seek dispute resolution services from 
the agency FOIA Public Liaison or the Office of Gov-
ernment Information Services.’’ 
(f) ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 552(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(8) DISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMATION
FOR
IN-
CREASED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERN-
MENT.—Each agency shall— 
‘‘(A) review the records of such agency to 
determine whether the release of the records 
would be in the public interest because it is like-
ly to contribute significantly to public under-
standing of the operations or activities of the 
Government; 
‘‘(B) for records determined to be in the 
public interest under subparagraph (A), reason-
ably segregate and redact any information ex-
empted from disclosure under subsection (b); and 
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‘‘(C) make available in an electronic, pub-
licly accessible format, any records identified in 
subparagraph (A), as modified pursuant to sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(9) INCREASED
DISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—Each agency shall— 
‘‘(A) make information public to the great-
est extent possible through modern technology 
to— 
‘‘(i) inform the public of the operations 
and activities of the Government; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure timely disclosure of infor-
mation; and 
‘‘(B) establish procedures for identifying 
categories of records that may be disclosed regu-
larly and additional records of interest to the 
public that are appropriate for public disclosure, 
and for posting such records in an electronic, 
publicly accessible format.’’. 
(g) REPORT ON CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION FOR 
DISCLOSURE.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, the 
Director of the Office of Information Policy of the Depart-
ment of Justice, after consultation with agencies selected by 
the Director, shall submit to the Committee on Oversight 
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and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs and the Judiciary of the Senate a report 
that identifies categories of records that would be appro-
priate for proactive disclosure, and shall make such report 
available in an electronic, publicly accessible format. 
(h) AGENCY FOIA REPORT.—Section 552(e) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and to the Director of the 
Office of Government Information Services’’ after 
‘‘the Attorney General of the United States’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (N), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) in subparagraph (O), by striking the 
period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(P) the number of times the agency invoked a 
law enforcement exclusion under subsection (c); 
‘‘(Q) the number of times the agency engaged in 
dispute resolution with the assistance of the Office of 
Government Information Services or the FOIA Public 
Liaison; 
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‘‘(R) the number of records that were made 
available in an electronic, publicly accessible format 
under subsection (a)(2); and 
‘‘(S) the number of times the agency assessed a 
search or duplication fee under subsection (a)(4)(A) 
and did not comply with a time limit under sub-
section (a)(6).’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) ELECTRONIC ACCESSIBILITY OF REPORTS.— 
Each agency shall make each such report available in 
an electronic, publicly accessible format. In addition, 
each agency shall make the raw statistical data used 
in its reports available in a timely manner in an 
electronic, publicly accessible format. Such data shall 
be— 
‘‘(A) made available without charge, license, 
or registration requirement; 
‘‘(B) capable of being searched and aggre-
gated; and 
‘‘(C) permitted to be downloaded and 
downloaded in bulk.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Governmental Affairs’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 1’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and the Director of the 
Office of Government Information Services’’ after 
‘‘the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘by October 1, 1997’’; and 
(5) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(6) ATTORNEY GENERAL FOIA REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress 
and the President an annual report on or before 
March 1 of each calendar year which shall in-
clude for the prior calendar year— 
‘‘(i) a listing of the number of cases 
arising under this section; 
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‘‘(ii) each subsection under this section, 
each paragraph of the subsection, and any 
exemption, if applicable, involved in each 
case, the disposition of such case, and the 
cost, fees, and penalties assessed under sub-
paragraphs (E), (F), and (G) of subsection 
(a)(4); and 
‘‘(iii) a description of the efforts under-
taken by the Department of Justice to en-
courage agency compliance with this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(B) ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY.—The At-
torney General of the United States— 
‘‘(i) shall make each report described 
under subparagraph (A) available in an 
electronic, publicly accessible format; and 
‘‘(ii) shall make the raw statistical 
data used in each report available in an 
electronic, publicly accessible format, which 
shall be— 
‘‘(I) 
made 
available 
without 
charge, license, or registration require-
ment; 
‘‘(II) capable of being searched 
and aggregated; and 
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‘‘(III) 
permitted 
to 
be 
downloaded, including downloaded in 
bulk.’’. 
(i) 
SEARCH
OR
DUPLICATION
FEES.—Section 
552(a)(4)(A)(viii) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Any agen-
cy that does assess search or duplication fees after failing 
to comply with a time limit under paragraph (6) shall pro-
vide written notice to the requester of the circumstance that 
justifies the fees. If an agency fails to provide such notice, 
the agency may not assess search or duplication fees.’’. 
(j) GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE.—Sub-
section (i) of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—The 
Government Accountability Office shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct audits of administrative agencies 
on compliance with and implementation of the re-
quirements of this section and issue reports detailing 
the results of such audits; 
‘‘(2) catalog the number of exemptions under 
subsection (b)(3) and agency use of such exemptions; 
and 
‘‘(3) review and prepare a report on the proc-
essing of requests by agencies for information per-
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taining to an entity that has received assistance 
under title I of the Emergency Economic Stabiliza-
tion Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq.) during any 
period in which the Government owns or owned more 
than 50 percent of the stock of such entity.’’. 
(k) CHIEF FOIA OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES; COUN-
CIL; REVIEW.—Section 552 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (j) and (k); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i), the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(j) CHIEF FOIA OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—Each agency shall des-
ignate a Chief FOIA Officer who shall be a senior of-
ficial of such agency (at the Assistant Secretary or 
equivalent level). 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Chief FOIA Officer of each 
agency shall, subject to the authority of the head of 
the agency— 
‘‘(A) have agency-wide responsibility for ef-
ficient and appropriate compliance with this sec-
tion; 
‘‘(B) monitor implementation of this section 
throughout the agency and keep the head of the 
agency, the chief legal officer of the agency, and 
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the Attorney General appropriately informed of 
the agency’s performance in implementing this 
section; 
‘‘(C) recommend to the head of the agency 
such adjustments to agency practices, policies, 
personnel, and funding as may be necessary to 
improve its implementation of this section; 
‘‘(D) review and report to the Attorney 
General, through the head of the agency, at such 
times and in such formats as the Attorney Gen-
eral may direct, on the agency’s performance in 
implementing this section; 
‘‘(E) facilitate public understanding of the 
purposes of the statutory exemptions of this sec-
tion by including concise descriptions of the ex-
emptions in both the agency’s handbook issued 
under subsection (g), and the agency’s annual re-
port on this section, and by providing an over-
view, where appropriate, of certain general cat-
egories of agency records to which those exemp-
tions apply; 
‘‘(F) serve as the primary agency liaison 
with the Office of Government Information Serv-
ices and the Office of Information Policy; and 
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‘‘(G) designate one or more FOIA Public 
Liaisons. 
‘‘(3) 
COMPLIANCE
REVIEW
REQUIRED.—The 
Chief FOIA Officer of each agency shall— 
‘‘(A) review, not less than annually, all as-
pects of the agency’s administration of this sec-
tion to ensure compliance with the requirements 
of this section, including— 
‘‘(i) agency regulations; 
‘‘(ii) disclosure of records required 
under paragraphs (2), (8), and (9) of sub-
section (a); 
‘‘(iii) assessment of fees and deter-
mination of eligibility for fee waivers; 
‘‘(iv) the timely processing of requests 
for information under this section; 
‘‘(v) the use of exemptions under sub-
section (b); and 
‘‘(vi) dispute resolution services with 
the assistance of the Office of Government 
Information Services or the FOIA Public 
Liaison; and 
‘‘(B) make recommendations as necessary to 
improve agency practices and compliance with 
this section. 
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‘‘(k) CHIEF FOIA OFFICERS COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the executive branch the Chief FOIA Officers Council 
(in this subsection, referred to as the ‘Council’). 
‘‘(2) MEMBERS.—The Council shall consist of the 
following members: 
‘‘(A) The Deputy Director for Management 
of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(B) The Director of the Office of Informa-
tion Policy at the Department of Justice. 
‘‘(C) The Director of the Office of Govern-
ment Information Services at the National Ar-
chives and Records Administration. 
‘‘(D) The Chief FOIA Officer of each agen-
cy. 
‘‘(E) Any other officer or employee of the 
United States as designated by the Co-Chairs. 
‘‘(3) CO-CHAIRS.—The Director of the Office of 
Information Policy at the Department of Justice and 
the Director of the Office of Government Information 
Services at the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration shall be the Co-Chairs of the Council. 
‘‘(4) SUPPORT SERVICES.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall provide administrative and 
other support for the Council. 
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‘‘(5) CONSULTATION.—In performing its duties, 
the Council shall consult regularly with members of 
the public who make requests under this section. 
‘‘(6) DUTIES.—The duties of the Council include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Develop recommendations for increas-
ing compliance and efficiency under this section. 
‘‘(B) Disseminate information about agency 
experiences, ideas, best practices, and innovative 
approaches related to this section. 
‘‘(C) Identify, develop, and coordinate ini-
tiatives to increase transparency and compliance 
with this section. 
‘‘(D) Promote the development and use of 
common performance measures for agency com-
pliance with this section. 
‘‘(7) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(A) REGULAR
MEETINGS.—The Council 
shall meet regularly and such meetings shall be 
open to the public unless the Council determines 
to close the meeting for reasons of national secu-
rity or to discuss information exempt under sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(B) ANNUAL
MEETINGS.—Not less than 
once a year, the Council shall hold a meeting 
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that shall be open to the public and permit inter-
ested persons to appear and present oral and 
written statements to the Council. 
‘‘(C) NOTICE.—Not later than 10 business 
days before a meeting of the Council, notice of 
such meeting shall be published in the Federal 
Register. 
‘‘(D) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY
OF
COUNCIL 
RECORDS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appen-
dixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, or 
other documents that were made available to or 
prepared for or by the Council shall be made 
publicly available. 
‘‘(E) MINUTES.—Detailed minutes of each 
meeting of the Council shall be kept and shall 
contain a record of the persons present, a com-
plete and accurate description of matters dis-
cussed and conclusions reached, and copies of all 
reports received, issued, or approved by the 
Council.’’. 
(l) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) REVISION OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the head of each agency shall review the regulations 
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of such agency and shall issue regulations on proce-
dures for the disclosure of records under section 552 
of title 5, United States Code, in accordance with the 
amendments made by this section. The regulations of 
each agency shall include— 
(A) procedures for engaging in dispute reso-
lution; and 
(B) procedures for engaging with the Office 
of Government Information Services. 
(2) OFFICE
OF
GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION 
SERVICES REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Govern-
ment Information Services shall submit to Congress a 
report on agency compliance with the requirements of 
this subsection. 
(3) REPORT ON NONCOMPLIANCE.—The head of 
any agency that does not meet the requirements of 
paragraph (1) shall submit to Congress a report on 
the reason for noncompliance not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(4) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
REVIEW
FOR
NON-
COMPLIANCE.—Any agency that fails to comply with 
the requirements of this subsection shall be reviewed 
by the Office of Inspector General of such agency for 
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compliance with section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(5) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
552(f) of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW; ADVERSE ACTIONS. 
(a) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of each 
agency shall— 
(A) periodically review compliance with the 
requirements of section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code, including the timely processing of 
requests, assessment of fees and fee waivers, and 
the use of exemptions under subsection (b) of 
such section; and 
(B) make recommendations the Inspector 
General determines to be necessary to the head of 
the agency, including recommendations for dis-
ciplinary action. 
(2) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given that term 
under section 552(f) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) ADVERSE ACTIONS.—The withholding of informa-
tion in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of sec-
tion 552 of title 5, United States Code (including any rules, 
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regulations, or other implementing guidelines), as deter-
mined by the appropriate supervisor, shall be a basis for 
disciplinary action in accordance with subchapter I, II, or 
V of chapter 75 of such title, as the case may be. 
SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise authorized or appropriated. 
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Union Calendar No. 294 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 653 
[Report No. 114–391] 
A BILL 
To amend section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Infor-
mation Act), to provide for greater public access 
to information, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 7, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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