Directs the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, in consultation with the the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to make publicly available through a centralized electronic system the following CRS-produced information (plus an index of such information that is available through the CRS website): (1) Issue Briefs; (2) CRS Reports that are available to Members of Congress through the CRS website; and (3) Authorization of Appropriations and Appropriations Products.
Exempts from such requirements: (1) any information determined to be confidential by the CRS Director or the head of a department or agency that provided the information to CRS; and (2) documents, other than those described in clauses (1) through (3), that are the product of a congressional research request.
Allows the Sergeant at Arms, in consultation with the CRS Director, to revise the information made publicly available by removing information concerning CRS employees, removing material that may infringe copyright protection, and making necessary changes to ensure accuracy and currency.
Requires access to the information made available pursuant to this resolution through Senate committee and Member websites. Directs the Sergeant-at-Arms to ensure that such websites provide the same capability to find the cited CRS information as the CRS website.
Makes the Sergeant at Arms responsible for maintaining and updating the information and for establishing a database within six months after adoption of this resolution.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 118
To provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service
publications.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 29, 2009
Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Leahy, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Feingold) submitted the following resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
_______________________________________________________________________
RESOLUTION
To provide Internet access to certain Congressional Research Service
publications.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.
The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate shall make information available
to the public in accordance with the provisions of this resolution.
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
INFORMATION.
(a) Availability of Information.--
(1) In general.--The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, in
consultation with the Director of the Congressional Research
Service, shall make available through a centralized electronic
system, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public
under section 3 of this resolution--
(A) all information described in paragraph (2) that
is available through the Congressional Research Service
website; and
(B) an index of all information described in
paragraph (2) that is available through the
Congressional Research Service website.
(2) Information to be made available.--The information to
be made available under paragraph (1) is the following:
(A) Congressional Research Service Issue Briefs.
(B) Congressional Research Service Reports that are
available to Members of Congress through the
Congressional Research Service website.
(C) Congressional Research Service Authorization of
Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products.
(b) Limitations.--
(1) Confidential information.--Subsection (a) does not
apply to--
(A) any information that is confidential, as
determined by--
(i) the Director of the Congressional
Research Service; or
(ii) the head of a Federal department or
agency that provided the information to the
Congressional Research Service; or
(B) any documents that are the product of an
individual, office, or committee research request
(other than a document described in subsection (a)(2)).
(2) Redaction and revision.--In carrying out this section,
the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, in consultation with the
Director of the Congressional Research Service, may--
(A) remove from the information required to be made
available under subsection (a) the name and phone
number of, and any other information regarding, an
employee of the Congressional Research Service;
(B) remove from the information required to be made
available under subsection (a) any material for which
the Director of the Congressional Research Service,
determines that making that material available under
subsection (a) may infringe the copyright of a work
protected under title 17, United States Code; and
(C) make any changes in the information required to
be made available under subsection (a) that the
Director of the Congressional Research Service,
determines necessary to ensure that the information is
accurate and current.
(c) Manner.--The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, in consultation
with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, shall make the
information required under this section available in a manner that is
practical and reasonable.
SEC. 3. METHOD OF ACCESS.
(a) CRS Information.--Public access to Congressional Research
Service information made available under section 2 shall be provided
through the websites maintained by Members and Committees of the
Senate. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall ensure that the websites maintained
by Members and Committees of the Senate provide the same capability to
find information made available under section 2 as the Congressional
Research Service website.
(b) Editorial Responsibility for CRS Reports Online.--The Sergeant-
at-Arms of the Senate is responsible for maintaining and updating the
information made available on the Internet under section 2.
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION.
The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate shall establish the database
described in section 2(a) within 6 months after the date of adoption of
this resolution.
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Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4900)
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