HR 852
106th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural estimating and reporting
Agricultural statistics
Computers and government
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic mail systems
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Housing and Community Development
Information storage and retrieval systems
Information technology
Internet
Rural economic development
Freedom to E-File Act
Introduced: February 25, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 10, 2000
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310.
Apr 10, 2000
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 106-565.
Mar 29, 2000
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 29, 2000
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 23, 2000
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 23, 2000
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 17, 1999
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 14, 1999
Favorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
Mar 2, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 2, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Feb 25, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 25, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Freedom to E-File Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Internet-based filing and retrieval system to enable farmers and other persons to: (1) electronically file paperwork required by the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and certain rural development components of the Department of Agriculture; and (2) have electronic access to production agriculture information. Directs the Secretary to ensure system interoperability.
Sets forth implementation timetables.
Obligates amounts from such agencies' information technology funds for the filing and retrieval system.
What's happening now
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310.
Committees of jurisdiction
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