[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 360 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 753
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 360
Expressing the sense of the Senate that legislative information shall
be publicly available through the Internet.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 13, 2004
Mr. Corzine (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Cornyn, Mr.
Leahy, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Lieberman) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and
Administration
September 30, 2004
Committee discharged; ordered placed on the calendar
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that legislative information shall
be publicly available through the Internet.
Whereas an open and free exchange of information about the legislative process
is critical to ensuring the success and health of a democracy;
Whereas the public should have easy and timely electronic access to public
records of Congress;
Whereas congressional documents that are placed in the Congressional Record are
made available to the public electronically by the Superintendent of
Documents of the Government Printing Office, under the direction of the
Public Printer, but it is often difficult and time-consuming for the
public to access and locate such documents;
Whereas many official congressional documents are not placed in the
Congressional Record and are unavailable electronically to the public;
and
Whereas the current system for electronic public access to legislative
information and legislative resources, as maintained by the Library of
Congress, could be improved, and should be continuously upgraded to keep
pace with advances in website technology: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the Library of Congress shall continue to provide and
maintain a website for public access to legislative documents;
(2) the website shall provide access to as much information
about current and historical legislative documents as is
reasonably practicable;
(3) the Library of Congress shall provide sufficient
financial and personnel resources to maintain the website at
modern standards of accessibility and usability; and
(4) offices and personnel that develop and maintain
congressional documents shall cooperate to the maximum extent
practicable with the Library of Congress to ensure that the
Library of Congress website has full and prompt access to all
publicly available congressional documents.
Calendar No. 753
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 360
_______________________________________________________________________
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that legislative information shall
be publicly available through the Internet.
_______________________________________________________________________
September 30, 2004
Committee discharged; ordered placed on the calendar