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 Government Publishing Office 
shall establish and maintain a website accessible by the 
public that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of 
all congressionally mandated reports in one place. The Di-
rector of the Government Publishing Office may publish 
other reports on such website. 
(b) CONTENT AND FUNCTION.—The Director of the 
Government Publishing Office shall ensure that the 
website required under subsection (a) includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) With respect to each congressionally man-
dated report, each of the following: 
(A) A citation to the statute or conference 
report requiring the report. 
(B) An electronic copy of the report, in-
cluding any transmittal letter associated with 
the report, in an open format that is platform 
independent and that is available to the public 
without restrictions, including restrictions that 
would impede the re-use of the information in 
the report. 
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(C) The ability to retrieve a report, to the 
extent practicable, through searches based on 
each, and any combination, of the following: 
(i) The title of the report. 
(ii) The reporting Federal agency. 
(iii) The date of publication. 
(iv) Each congressional committee re-
ceiving the report, if applicable. 
(v) Subject tags. 
(vi) 
The 
serial 
number, 
Super-
intendent of Documents number, or other 
identification number for the report, if ap-
plicable. 
(vii) The statute or conference report 
requiring the report. 
(viii) Key words. 
(ix) Full text search. 
(x) Any other relevant information 
specified by the Director of the Govern-
ment Publishing Office. 
(D) The time and date when the report 
was required to be submitted, and when the re-
port was submitted, to the website. 
(E) Access to the report not later than 30 
calendar days after its submission to Congress. 
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(F) To the extent practicable, a permanent 
means of accessing the report electronically. 
(2) A means for bulk download of all congres-
sionally mandated reports or a selection of reports 
retrieved using a search. 
(3) A means for the head of each Federal agen-
cy to publish on the website each congressionally 
mandated report of the agency, as required by sec-
tion 3. 
(4) A list form for all congressionally mandated 
reports that can be searched, sorted, and down-
loaded by— 
(A) reports submitted within the required 
time; 
(B) reports submitted after the date on 
which such reports were required to be sub-
mitted; and 
(C) reports not submitted. 
(c) FREE ACCESS.—The Director of the Government 
Publishing Office may not charge a fee, require registra-
tion, or impose any other limitation in exchange for access 
to the website required under subsection (a). 
(d) UPGRADE CAPABILITY.—The website required 
under subsection (a) shall be enhanced and updated as 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF RE-
PORTS.—The head of each Federal agency shall publish 
congressionally mandated reports of the agency on the 
website required under section 2(a)— 
(1) in an open format that is platform inde-
pendent, machine readable, and available to the pub-
lic without restrictions (except the redaction of infor-
mation described under section 5), including restric-
tions that would impede the re-use of the informa-
tion in the reports; and 
(2) in accordance with the guidance issued 
under subsection (c). 
(b) SUBMISSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— 
The head of each Federal agency shall submit to the Di-
rector of the Government Publishing Office the informa-
tion required under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sec-
tion 2(b)(1) with respect to each congressionally mandated 
report published pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) GUIDANCE.—Not later than eight months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the Director of the Government Publishing Office, shall 
issue guidance to agencies on the implementation of this 
Act. 
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SEC. 4. REMOVING AND ALTERING REPORTS. 
A report submitted to be published to the website re-
quired under section 2(a) may only be changed or re-
moved, with the exception of technical changes, by the 
head of the Federal agency concerned with the express, 
written consent of the chairman of each congressional 
committee to which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 5. 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 
of title 5, United States Code, or to impose any affirmative 
duty on the Director of the Government Publishing Office 
to review congressionally mandated reports submitted for 
publication to the website established under section 2(a) 
for the purpose of identifying and redacting such informa-
tion or records. 
(b) REDACTION OF REPORT.—With respect to each 
congressionally mandated report, the relevant head of each 
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 
website established under section 2(a), and shall— 
(1) redact only such information from the re-
port; 
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(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 pursuant to this Act only 
if— 
(i) the Federal agency reasonably 
foresees that disclosure would harm an in-
terest protected by an exemption described 
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 is possible whenever the 
Federal agency determines that a full dis-
closure of a requested record is not pos-
sible; and 
(ii) take reasonable steps necessary to 
segregate and release nonexempt informa-
tion. 
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