HR 1247 119th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Library of Congress Public contracts and procurement Scientific communication

WISE Government Act

Introduced: February 12, 2025 Introduced by: Foster, Bill Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 12, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced in House

Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Well-Informed, Scientific, & Efficient Government Act of 2025 or the WISE Government Act

This bill prohibits an agency from entering into a contract for a journal subscription that prohibits disclosure of the cost of the subscription to another agency or the Library of Congress.

Each agency library must make policies and procedures for employee access to library subscriptions easily and clearly available to the agency's employees, including regional employees, through the intranet.

The General Services Administration must submit to Congress and each agency library a report on increasing agency library access to serials.

What's happening now February 12, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 3

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Feb 12, 2025

Quigley, Mike

Illinois · Feb 12, 2025

Takano, Mark

California · Feb 12, 2025

Cite this page click to expand

APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1247: WISE Government Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1247/

MLA

"H.R. 1247: WISE Government Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1247/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 1247, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1247/.

Markdown link

[H.R. 1247: WISE Government Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1247/)