S 1578
105th Congress
Senate
Congress
Appropriations
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computers and government
Congressional Research Service
Congressional agencies
Congressional information resources
Economics and Public Finance
Federal libraries
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Information storage and retrieval systems
Internet
Legislative reference services
Library of Congress
Science, Technology, Communications
A bill to make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site.
Introduced: January 28, 1998
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 1998
Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
Jan 28, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Jan 28, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S123-125)
Jan 28, 1998
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Requires the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to make accessible to the public via the Internet all information available through the CRS web site that is not confidential, including all CRS issue briefs, reports, and authorization or appropriations products.
Requires the information to be made accessible not earlier than 30 days after the first day it is available to Members of Congress through the CRS web site.
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Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1