S.Amdt. 4797

SA 4797. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski)
to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration shall ensure that the
Administration responds in a timely manner to a request from
Congress or the Congressional Budget Office, including a
response to questions for the record, a letter from a Member
of Congress, a request for technical assistance, or views on
legislation.
(b) The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration shall submit to Congress an annual
report on the requests for information submitted to the
Administration during the previous year and the timeliness of
responses to such requests. Each such report shall include--
(1) the number of such requests made by members of Congress
or the Congressional Budget Office and the response time for
each such request; and
(2) the number of such requests made under section 552 of
title 5 (commonly referred to as the ``Freedom of Information
Act'') and the response time for each such request.
______