S.Amdt. 3709

SA 3709. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4872, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13); which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 113, after line 21, add the following:

SEC. 1502. TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to ensure transparency in Government--

(1) the Librarian of Congress shall make publicly available, in the same accurate, timely, and complete manner as made available to Members of Congress and congressional staff, the Legislative Information System website and the Congressional Research Service website operated by the Library of Congress;

(2) the Secretary of the Senate shall make publicly available, in the same accurate, timely, and complete manner as made available to Members of Congress and congressional staff, the Amendment Tracking System website of the Senate; and

(3) the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall enter into a contract with C-SPAN, under which C-SPAN shall--

(A) provide television cameras for and make a video recording of any legislative meeting of a committee of either House of Congress, a joint committee of Congress, or a committee of conference of Congress at which a quorum is present, except to the extent necessary to protect national security; and

(B) make the video recordings publicly available.