through a centralized, searchable, electronic data-
base, for purposes of access and retrieval by the 
public as described in section 3, all information de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that is available through 
the Congressional Research Service website. 
(2) INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.— 
The information to be made available under para-
graph (1) is as follows: 
(A) Congressional Research Service Issue 
Briefs. 
(B) Congressional Research Service Re-
ports that are available to Members of Congress 
through the Congressional Research Service 
website. 
(C) Congressional Research Service Au-
thorization of Appropriations Products and Ap-
propriations Products. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.—Subsection 
(a) does not apply to— 
(A) any information that is confidential, as 
determined by— 
(i) the Director, or 
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(ii) the head of a Federal department 
or agency that provided the information to 
the Congressional Research Service; or 
(B) any document that is the product of 
an individual, office, or committee research re-
quest. 
(2) REDACTION
AND
REVISION.—In carrying 
out this section, the Director of the Congressional 
Research Service may— 
(A) remove from the information required 
to be made available under subsection (a) the 
name and phone number of, and any other in-
formation regarding, an employee of the Con-
gressional Research Service; 
(B) remove from the information required 
to be made available under subsection (a) any 
material for which the Director determines that 
making it available under subsection (a) may 
infringe the copyright of a work protected 
under title 17, United States Code; and 
(C) make any changes in the information 
required to be made available under subsection 
(a) that the Director determines necessary to 
ensure that the information is accurate and 
current. 
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(c) TIME.—The Director of the Congressional Re-
search Service shall make available all information re-
quired under this section no earlier than 30 days and no 
later than 40 days after the date on which the information 
is first made available to Members of Congress through 
the Congressional Research Service website. 
(d) MANNER.—The Director of the Congressional Re-
search Service shall make information required to be made 
available under this section in a manner that— 
(1) is practical and reasonable; and 
(2) does not permit the submission of comments 
from the public. 
SEC. 3. METHOD OF ACCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Public access to information made 
available under this Act shall be provided through the 
websites maintained by Members and committees of the 
House of Representatives. The Director of the Congres-
sional Research Service and the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer of the House of Representatives shall work together 
to carry out this subsection. 
(b) EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRS REPORTS 
ONLINE.—The Director of the Congressional Research 
Service is responsible for maintaining and updating the 
information made available on the Internet under section 
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