States Code (in this section referred to as a ‘‘FOIA re-
quest’’) in a structured database; in a searchable, sortable, 
downloadable database; or in a format searchable by text 
as appropriate, within one month after the date the FOIA 
request was completed. 
(2) All information is presumed to be available in an 
electronic format as described in paragraph (1) unless the 
agency demonstrates 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, free 
of charge through each agency’s website. 
SEC. 702. COMMISSION ON FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 
ACT PROCESSING DELAYS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Com-
mission to be known as the ‘‘Commission on Freedom of 
Information Act Processing Delays’’ (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’) for the purpose of con-
ducting a study relating to the methods to help reduce 
delays in processing requests submitted to Federal agen-
cies under section 552 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 
composed of 16 members, as follows: 
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(A) 3 appointed by the Chairman of the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
(B) 3 appointed by the ranking member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
(C) 3 appointed by the Chairman of Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives. 
(D) 3 appointed by the ranking member of 
the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives. 
(E) 1 appointed by the Attorney General. 
(F) 1 appointed by the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget. 
(G) 1 appointed by the Archivist. 
(H) 1 appointed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Appointees must have 
certain qualifications. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Commission are to— 
(1) identify methods that— 
(A) help reduce delays in the processing of 
FOIA requests submitted to Federal agencies; 
and 
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(B) ensure the efficient and equitable ad-
ministration of FOIA throughout the Federal 
Government; and 
(2) examine whether the system for charging 
fees and granting waivers of fees needs to be re-
formed in order to reduce delays. 
(d) REPORT.—The Commission shall submit a report 
to Congress and the President, not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, containing the conclu-
sions and recommendations of the Commission. 
TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 801. 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 information that is re-
quired to be provided to the public through the Internet 
is 
complete, 
primary, 
timely, 
accessible, 
machine 
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processable, non-discriminatory, non-proprietary, and li-
cense-free. 
(c) CURRENT STANDARDS.—Audits conducted under 
this section shall also address whether the information 
provided to the public under this Act is produced and 
maintained using current standards for data publication. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPLETE.—The term ‘‘complete’’ means 
all public data is made available. Public data is data 
that is not subject to valid privacy, security, or privi-
lege limitations. 
(2) PRIMARY.—The term ‘‘primary’’ means 
data collected at the source, with the highest pos-
sible level of granularity, not in aggregate or modi-
fied forms. 
(3) TIMELY.—The term ‘‘timely’’ means data is 
made available as quickly as necessary to preserve 
the value of the data. 
(4) 
ACCESSIBLE.—The 
term 
‘‘accessible’’ 
means data is available to the widest range of users 
for the widest range of purposes. 
(5) MACHINE PROCESSABLE.—The term ‘‘ma-
chine processable’’ means data is reasonably struc-
tured to allow automated processing. 
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(6) NON-DISCRIMINATORY.—The term ‘‘non- 
discriminatory’’ means data is available to anyone, 
with no requirement of registration. 
(7) NON-PROPRIETARY.—The term ‘‘non-pro-
prietary’’ means data is available in a format over 
which no entity has exclusive control. 
(8) LICENSE-FREE.—The term ‘‘license-free’’ 
means data is not subject to any copyright, patent, 
trademark, or trade secret regulation. Reasonable 
privacy, security, and privilege restrictions may be 
allowed. 
Æ 
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