§180 Legislative information retrieval system

Summary

Create one electronic system for Congress to find legislative information so Congress spends less and stops using duplicate systems. "Legislative information" means things made by Congress such as the text of bills and amendments, committee hearings and reports, the Congressional Record, bill status data, and other public data tied to the lawmaking process. The Library of Congress or a group it names must build and run the system with other parts of the legislative branch. The Library must make a plan using the study called for in House Report No. 103–517. That plan must be approved by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, the House Committee on House Oversight, and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. The Library must give those committees regular status reports and must study how to share the information with the public and send that analysis to the same committees for their review.