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H.R. 5760 (114th)

Searchable Legislation Act of 2016

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Introduced

13 July 2016

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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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12 August 2025

Summary

Searchable Legislation Act of 2016 This bill requires Congress to ensure that all congressional documents and all votes cast in Congress and congressional committees are created, transmitted, and published in searchable electronic formats, consistent with data standards recommended by such advisory bodies as Congress may establish. The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, acting jointly, shall establish the Congressional Data Task Force (an advisory body) for the creation, transmission, and publication of information and congressional documents, including bills, resolutions, amendments, reports, laws, and records, in such formats for purposes of this bill.

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