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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Access to Congressionally Mandated
Reports Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WEBSITE FOR CONGRESSIONALLY 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
Director 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 following:
(1) With respect to each congressionally mandated report,
each of the following:
(A) A citation to the statute or conference report
requiring the report.
(B) An electronic copy of the report, including 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.
(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 receiving
the report, if applicable.
(v) Subject tags.
(vi) The serial number, Superintendent of
Documents number, or other identification
number for the report, if applicable.
(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 Government
Publishing Office.
(D) The time and date when the report was required
to be submitted, and when the report was submitted, to
the website.
(E) Access to the report not later than 30 calendar
days after its submission to Congress.
(F) To the extent practicable, a permanent means of
accessing the report electronically.
(2) A means for bulk download of all congressionally
mandated reports or a selection of reports retrieved using a
search.
(3) A means for the head of each Federal agency to publish
on the website each congressionally mandated report of the
agency, as required by section 3.
(4) A list form for all congressionally mandated reports
that can be searched, sorted, and downloaded by--
(A) reports submitted within the required time;
(B) reports submitted after the date on which such
reports were required to be submitted; and
(C) reports not submitted.
(c) Free Access.--The Director of the Government Publishing Office
may not charge a fee, require registration, 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.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.

(a) Submission of Electronic Copies of Reports.--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 independent, machine
readable, and available to the public without restrictions
(except the redaction of information described under section
5), including restrictions that would impede the re-use of the
information 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 Director of the Government Publishing Office
the information required under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section
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.

SEC. 4. REMOVING AND ALTERING REPORTS.

A report submitted to be published to the website required under
section 2(a) may only be changed or removed, 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 INFORMATION ACT.

(a) In General.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 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 information 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 report;
(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 required to
be disclosed pursuant to this Act only if--
(i) the Federal agency reasonably foresees
that disclosure would harm an interest
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 disclosure of a
requested record is not possible; and
(ii) take reasonable steps necessary to
segregate and release nonexempt information.
(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
requires disclosure of information that is otherwise prohibited
from disclosure by law, or otherwise exempted from disclosure
under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Congressionally mandated report.--The term
''congressionally mandated report'' means a report that is
required to be submitted to either House of Congress or any
committee of Congress by statute or by a conference report that
accompanies legislation enacted into law.
(2) Federal agency.--The term ''Federal agency'' has the
meaning given that term under section 102 of title 40, United
States Code, but does not include the Government Accountability
Office.

SEC. 7. IMPLEMENTATION.

Except as provided in section 3(c), this Act shall be implemented
not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall apply with respect to congressionally mandated reports submitted
to Congress on or after the date occurring one year after such date of
enactment.
A:
Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act This bill requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and maintain a website that provides the public free electronic access to all congressionally mandated reports within 30 calendar days after submission to Congress. Each federal agency shall publish congressionally mandated reports on such website. A report submitted for publication may only be changed or removed, with the exception of technical changes, by the agency concerned with the express, written consent of the chairman of each congressional committee to which the report is submitted. Each agency: (1) must redact from such a report any information that may not be publicly released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), (2) may withhold information otherwise required to be disclosed pursuant to this bill only if the agency reasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interest protected by FOIA exemptions or if disclosure is prohibited by law, and (3) shall consider whether partial disclosure of information is possible whenever full disclosure is not and take reasonable steps necessary to segregate and release nonexempt information.