Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act
Latest action · Sep 10, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Modernizing the Congressional Research Service's Access to Data Act
This bill grants the Congressional Research Service (CRS) the authority to secure all forms of records, information, and data directly from the various departments, agencies, and establishments of the executive branch, regulatory agencies, and commissions, as necessary to carry out congressional requests. Such government entities must furnish CRS with such material in a timely manner.
CRS must maintain the same level of confidentiality for such material as is required by law of the government entity from which it is obtained. The bill subjects CRS officers and employees to the same statutory penalties for unauthorized disclosure or use of such material as officers or employees of the government entity from which it is obtained.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2024 to Mar 15, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Mar 8, 2024 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Mar 8, 2024 |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Original | Mar 8, 2024 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Mar 15, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 8, 2024Markup Apr 30, 2024Reported Aug 16, 2024 |
| Modernization and Innovation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 11, 2024Markup Apr 11, 2024Reported Apr 11, 2024 | |
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Sep 10, 2024 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- Sep 9, 2024Mr. Steil moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 9, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5047-5049)
- Sep 9, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7593.
- Sep 9, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5047-5048)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5047–H5049Text printed H5047 | Bryan Steil R-WI, Derek Kilmer D-WA, Stephanie I. Bice R-OK | Sep 9, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 6, 2024H.R. 7593, Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on April 30, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 42, March 8, 2024, page H1057.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP OF H.R. 7593 AND H.R. 759217 pages | Committee on House Administration | Apr 11, 2024 |
| — | LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT MODERNIZING THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICES AND THE USE OF FEDERAL DATA80 pages | Committee on House Administration | Mar 20, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-620 | LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025108 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 15, 2024–May 22, 2024 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48145 | Legislative Branch: FY2025 Appropriations | Report | Jun 17, 2025 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance the authority of the Director of the Congressional Research Service to obtain information directly from agencies of the Federal government.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2024Referred in Senate
- Sep 9, 2024Engrossed in House
- Aug 16, 2024Reported in House
- Mar 8, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
