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S 3111 111th Congress Senate

Faster FOIA Act of 2010

Official title: A bill to establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays.

Introduced: March 24, 2010 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Advisory bodiesFreedom of informationGovernment studies and investigations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 6, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
May 6, 2010
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 6, 2010
Received in the House.
May 5, 2010
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3290-3291)
May 5, 2010
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S3290-3291)
May 5, 2010
The committee reported amendments were agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
May 5, 2010
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3289-3291; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S3289-3290)
Apr 19, 2010
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.
Apr 19, 2010
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report.
Apr 15, 2010
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Mar 15, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1518)
Mar 15, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1517-1518)
Mar 15, 2010
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 3,847 – To provide for the Archivist of the United States to provide staff and administrative support services to the… Agreed to May 5, 2010
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 Latest action May 6, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Faster FOIA Act of 2010 - Establishes the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays to conduct a study to: (1) identify methods that will help reduce delays in processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted to federal agencies; (2) ensure the efficient and equitable administration of FOIA throughout the federal government; (3) examine whether the system for charging fees for such requests and granting waivers of such fees needs to be reformed; (4) determine why the government's use of FOIA exemptions increased during FY2009, whether the increase contributed to delays, what efforts were made by federal agencies to comply with President Obama's January 21, 2009 Presidential Memorandum on Freedom of Information Act Requests, and whether those efforts were successful; and (5) make recommendations on how the use of exemptions may be limited.

Directs the Commission to report to Congress and the President on the results of the study not later than one year after enactment of this Act.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5087 Related bill Faster FOIA Act of 2010
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 15, 2010
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 24, 2010
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Mar 15, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3111: Faster FOIA Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3111/
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"S. 3111: Faster FOIA Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3111/.
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S. 3111, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3111/.
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