Open Congress : Information Policy, Census, and National Archives - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.6056 Preserving the American Historical Record Act

2008-05-14T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Archivist of the United States to make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5811 Electronic Message Preservation Act

2008-04-15T00:00:00Z

To amend title 44, United States Code, to require preservation of certain electronic records by Federal agencies, to require a certification and reports relating to Presidential records, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5582 To authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through fiscal year 2014.

2008-03-11T00:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through fiscal year 2014.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4791 Federal Agency Data Protection Act

2007-12-18T00:00:00Z

To amend title 44, United States Code, to strengthen requirements for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls over information resources that support Federal operations and assets, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3548 Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008

2007-09-17T00:00:00Z

To enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3243 Poverty Measurement Improvement Act

2007-07-31T00:00:00Z

To direct the Bureau of the Census to publish improved annual measures of family income for use in more accurately determining the extent of poverty in the United States and the anti-poverty effectiveness of means-tested benefit and tax programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1775 Freedom of Information Improvement Act

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act) to require the disclosure of certain information related to Federal contractors, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1786 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Federal employees stationed in American Samoa shall be paid the same nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance as if stationed in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Federal employees stationed in American Samoa shall be paid the same nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance as if stationed in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1848 CSRS Retirement Repayment Technical Correction Act of 2007

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To amend title 5, United States Code, to exempt certain individuals under the Civil Service Retirement System from the requirement to pay interest on the repayment of amounts received as refunds of retirement contributions as a condition of receiving credit under such System for the service covered by the refund.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1664 To authorize grants for contributions toward the establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.

2007-03-23T00:00:00Z

To authorize grants for contributions toward the establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1656 To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit access to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws, and for other purposes.

2007-03-22T00:00:00Z

To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit access to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1661 Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2007

2007-03-22T00:00:00Z

To amend the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to permit certain annuitants of the retirement programs of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to receive the adjustments in pension benefits to which such annuitants would otherwise be entitled as a result of the conversion of members of the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule under the amendments made by such Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1309 Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 2007

2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

To promote openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1326 Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007

2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

To promote openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1255 Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007

2007-03-01T00:00:00Z

To amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records.

Bill Introduced: H.R.516 Federal Agency Data Privacy Protection Act

2007-01-17T00:00:00Z

To increase the security of sensitive data maintained by the Federal Government.

Bill Introduced: H.R.541 Faster FOIA Act of 2007

2007-01-17T00:00:00Z

To establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays.

Bill Introduced: H.R.439 Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act

2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

To establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse in the National Archives.