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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4006 (Introduced in House) — To provide the public with access to the laws of the United States, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Public access to the laws of the United States

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Section 112 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Archivist shall make available anything compiled, edited, indexed, and published under this section to the public at no cost on a website in a searchable, non-proprietary format. The Archivist shall ensure that the searchable online edition of the United States Statutes at Large is prepared in consultation and coordination with entities that develop formatting conventions used for enrolled bills and other legislative materials, which may include the Library of Congress, the Office of the Clerk of the House, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Office of the Law Revision Council, the Congressional Research Service, the Government Publishing Office, and such other entities that the Archivist considers appropriate.
Section 209 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 ( 2 U.S.C. 180 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: In addition to the legislative information described in subsection (b), the relevant electronic information made available under section 112 of title 1, United States Code, shall be incorporated into the legislative information service to the extent practicable. . There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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