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HR 6714 115th Congress House

Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2018

Official title: To direct the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to consolidate the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 10, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 6, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 6, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2018

This bill directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to consolidate the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system into one system.

Additionally, it establishes certain requirements for the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system, including the following:

  • documents filed with a federal court must be publicly accessible not later than five days after filing, and
  • documents on PACER must be available to the public and to parties before the court free of charge.
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Dec 10, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6714: Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6714/
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"H.R. 6714: Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6714/.
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H.R. 6714, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6714/.
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