HR 842
115th Congress
House
Congress
Congressional agencies
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Library of Congress
EDIT Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Feb 2, 2017
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Establishing Digital Interactive Transparency Act or the EDIT Act
This bill instructs the Library of Congress, in the operation of the Congress.gov website, to ensure that each version of a bill or resolution which is made available for viewing permits the viewer to follow and track, within the same document, any changes made from the previous versions of that bill or resolution.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 842: EDIT Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-842/
"H.R. 842: EDIT Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-842/.
H.R. 842, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-842/.
[H.R. 842: EDIT Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-842/)