S 2220
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Business records
Freedom of information
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Open and Responsive Government Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 23, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Open and Responsive Government Act of 2019
This bill limits the extent to which federal agencies may exempt information from requests to disclose agency records under the Freedom of Information Act, including prohibiting the withholding of a portion of an otherwise responsive record on the basis that the portion is nonresponsive.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1