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S. 2645 (105th)

Global Legal Information Network Participation Act of 1998

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Introduced

20 October 1998

Last action

20 October 1998 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Sponsors

Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]

Subjects

Rule of law

Source updated

21 August 2025

Rule of law

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Summary

Global Legal Information Network Participation Act of 1998 - Finds or declares that: (1) it is U.S. policy to promote the reasonable, timely, and authentic exchange of official legal information between parliaments of nations of the world; (2) U.S. participation in an international, cooperative, noncommercial legal database contributed to by governments of member nations, the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), which would be available over the Internet, contributes to the promotion of security and international understanding, promotes the rule of law, and is in U.S. interests; (3) the timely and accurate availability of laws and regulations of the United States and other legislatures around the world is of the utmost importance to the Congress; and (4) the centralization of the function and control of participation by the United States in such an international legal database will assist in establishing uniformity for the electronic exchange and retrieval of legal information. Requires: (1) the U.S. station for the GLIN to be the Law Library in the Library of Congress; and (2) the Director of the U.S. GLIN station to be the Law Librarian of Congress.

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Timeline

  1. 20 October 1998

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 October 1998

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12721-12722)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 20 October 1998

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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