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H.R. 6714 — Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2018 | PoliFocus

H.R. 6714115th Congress

Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2018

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]

2 cosponsors

Subjects

Law

Summary

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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Legislative Actions

2018-09-06
Introduced in House
2018-09-06
Introduced in House
2018-09-06
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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