EDIT Act

Bill: 115-hr-842
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-02-02
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional agencies

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Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Establishing Digital Interactive Transparency Act </b>or the<b> EDIT Act</b></p> <p>This bill instructs the Library of Congress, in the operation of the Congress.gov website, to ensure that each version of a bill or resolution which is made available for viewing permits the viewer to follow and track, within the same document, any changes made from the previous versions of that bill or resolution.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 842 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 2, 2017 Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Messer , Mr. Welch , Mr. Tonko , and Mr. Young of Iowa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To direct the Librarian of Congress to ensure that each version of a bill or resolution which is made available for viewing on the Congress.gov website is presented in a manner which permits the viewer to follow and track online, within the same document, any changes made from previous versions of the bill or resolution.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Establishing Digital Interactive Transparency Act or the EDIT Act . 2. Permitting viewers to track changes made to bills and resolutions made available on Congress.gov website (a) Requirements for website In the operation of the Congress.gov website, the Librarian of Congress shall ensure that each version of a bill or resolution which is made available for viewing on the website is presented in a manner which permits the viewer to follow and track online, within the same document, any changes made from previous versions of the bill or resolution. (b) Effective date This section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 1-year period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.