United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1620 (109th)
Faster FOIA Act of 2005
Introduced
13 April 2005
Last action
13 April 2005 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Sponsors
Brad Sherman, LAMAR SMITH, Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12], CAROLYN MALONEY, Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Raúl Grijalva
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Faster FOIA Act of 2005 - Establishes a 16-member Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays to conduct a study concerning methods to reduce delays in processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted to Federal agencies.
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Timeline
13 April 2005
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Source: IntroReferral
13 April 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 April 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 13 April 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 April 2005
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 April 2005
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 13 April 2005
Sponsors
- Brad Sherman · D · Sponsor
- LAMAR SMITH · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] · D · Cosponsor
- CAROLYN MALONEY · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
- · hsgo00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/1620
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1620
- us · 109-hr-1620 · source updated 15 August 2025