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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Citizen Legislature Empowerment
through Access to Resources (CLEAR) Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) an informed electorate is the most precious asset of
any democracy;
(2) it is often burdensome, difficult, and time-consuming
for citizens to obtain timely access to records of the
Congress;
(3) it is also challenging for Members and committees of
Congress to provide timely access to current records of
Congress through websites maintained by Congress;
(4) congressional documents which are placed in the
Congressional Record are made available to the public
electronically by the Superintendent of Documents under the
direction of the Public Printer;
(5) other congressional documents are also made available
electronically on websites maintained by Members and committees
of Congress;
(6) a wide range of records of Congress remain inaccessible
to the public;
(7) the public should have easy and timely access,
including electronic access, to records of the Congress; and
(8) Congress should use new technologies to enhance public
access to records and other important information of the
Congress.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to foster democracy by ensuring public access to
records of Congress;
(2) to improve public access to records of Congress;
(3) to enhance the electronic public access, including
access through the Internet, to records of Congress; and
(4) to further enhance the education of citizens and
encourage their participation in the government of their
country.

SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN CRS INFORMATION.

(a) Availability of Information.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Congressional Research
Service shall make available through a centralized electronic
database, for the purpose of Members and committees providing
access and retrieval by the public as described in section 4,
all information described in paragraph (2) which is available
through the Congressional Research Service website.
(2) Information to be made available.--The information to
be made available under paragraph (1) is as follows:
(A) Congressional Research Service Issue Briefs.
(B) Congressional Research Service Reports which
are available to Members of Congress through the
Congressional Research Service website.
(C) Congressional Research Service Authorization of
Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products.
(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to require the Director to make available under
this subsection any document or other information which is
prepared by the Congressional Research Service solely in
response to a research request of an individual, office, or
committee for the exclusive use of such individual, office, or
committee.
(b) Limitations.--
(1) Confidential information.--Subsection (a) does not
apply to any information which is confidential, as determined
by--
(A) the Director; or
(B) the head of the Federal department or agency
which provided the information to the Congressional
Research Service.
(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 information regarding, an
employee of the Congressional 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.
(c) Time.--The Director of the Congressional Research Service shall
make available all information required under this section in a timely
and prompt manner.
(d) Manner.--The Director of the Congressional Research Service
shall make information required to be made available under this section
in a manner which--
(1) is practical and reasonable; and
(2) does not permit the submission of comments from the
public.

SEC. 4. 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 and the Senate. The
Director of the Congressional Research Service shall work with the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and the
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate 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 3, and shall have sole discretion to edit that information
under this Act.
(c) Further Approval Not Required.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Director of the Congressional Research Service
shall make available the information required to be made available
under section 3 to Members and committees of Congress for the purposes
described in this Act without the prior approval of the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives, or the Joint Committee
on Printing.

SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Nothing in this Act may be construed--
(1) to modify the role of the Congressional Research
Service as an institution whose mission is to provide service
to Congress and not to persons outside of Congress; or
(2) to infringe on the constitutional protections provided
for the work product of the Congressional Research Service
which enable the Service to fulfill its mission of serving
Congress.

SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COMMITTEE MATERIALS.

It is the sense of Congress that each standing and special
committee of the House of Representatives and Senate and each joint
committee of Congress, in accordance with such rules as the committee
may adopt, should provide access to the public through the Internet to
publicly available committee information, documents, and proceedings,
including bills, reports, and transcripts of committee meetings which
are open to the public.
A:
Expresses the sense of Congress that each standing and special committee of the House of Representatives and Senate, and each joint committee of Congress, should provide access to the public through the Internet to publicly available committee information, documents, and proceedings, including bills, reports, and transcripts of committee meetings which are open to the public.