§ 180. — Legislative information retrieval system.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC180]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 180. Legislative information retrieval system
(a) Purpose
The purpose of this section is to reduce the cost of information
support for the Congress by eliminating duplication among systems which
provide electronic access by Congress to legislative information.
(b) ``Legislative information'' defined
As used in this section, the term ``legislative information'' means
information, prepared within the legislative branch, consisting of the
text of publicly available bills, amendments, committee hearings, and
committee reports, the text of the Congressional Record, data relating
to bill status, data relating to legislative activity, and other similar
public information that is directly related to the legislative process.
(c) Development of single system to serve entire Congress
Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection (d) of this section
and consistent with the provisions of any other law, the Library of
Congress or the entity designated by that plan shall develop and
maintain, in coordination with other appropriate entities of the
legislative branch, a single legislative information retrieval system to
serve the entire Congress.
(d) Development and approval of plan
The Library shall develop a plan for creation of this system, taking
into consideration the findings and recommendations of the study
directed by House Report No. 103-517 to identify and eliminate
redundancies in congressional information systems. This plan must be
approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, and the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives. The Library shall provide these committees with regular
status reports on the development of the plan.
(e) Availability of information to public
In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine issues regarding
efficient ways to make this information available to the public. This
analysis shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives as well as the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives for their consideration and
possible action.
(Pub. L. 104-53, title II, Sec. 209, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 532.)
Change of Name
Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to
Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House
Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.
