United States · Bill · S
S. 2852 (114th)
OPEN Government Data Act
Introduced
26 April 2016
Last action
12 December 2016 · Floor
Status
Held at the desk.
Sponsors
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Subjects
Budget
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act This bill requires government data assets made available by federal agencies (excluding the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Election Commission, and certain other government entities) to be published as machine-readable data. When not otherwise prohibited by law, the data must be available: (1) in an open format that does not impede use or reuse and that has standards maintained by a standards organization; and (2) under open licenses with a legal guarantee that the data be available at no cost to the public with no restrictions on copying, publication, distribution, transmittal, citing, or adaptation. If published government data assets are not available under an open license, the data must be considered part of the worldwide public domain. Agencies may engage with outside organizations and citizens to leverage public data assets for innovation in public and private sectors. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must oversee the completeness and public availability of an enterprise data inventory that agencies must develop to account for any data assets that they create, collect, control, or maintain. Agencies must: (1) make their enterprise data inventories available to the public on Data.gov, and (2) designate a point of contact to assist the public and respond to complaints about adherence to open data requirements. For privacy, security, confidentiality, or regulatory reasons, agencies may maintain a nonpublic portion of their inventories. The OMB's Office of Electronic Government is renamed the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer. Agencies are not required to publish notices in the Federal Register about information collection that is focused on gathering input about the performance of, or public satisfaction with, the agency's service if the collection is: (1) online and electronic, (2) voluntary with no benefit to the provider of the information, and (3) an extremely low burden that is typically completed in five minutes or less. But agencies must publish representative summaries of such information collections. The General Services Administration must maintain a single public interface online as a point of entry dedicated to sharing open government data with the public. The Chief Information Officers Council must work with the Office of Government Information Services and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to promote data interoperability and comparability of data assets across the government. The OMB must assess the extent of each agency's use of data assets to support decisionmaking, cost savings, and performance.
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Timeline
26 April 2016
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 2016
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
25 May 2016
Reported
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
8 December 2016
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718.
Source: Calendars
8 December 2016
Reported
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-396.
Source: Committee
8 December 2016
Reported
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-396.
Source: Committee
10 December 2016
Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7132-7135; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7132-7135)
Source: Floor
10 December 2016
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7132-7135; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7132-7135)
Source: Floor
12 December 2016
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
12 December 2016
Floor
Received in the House.
Source: Floor
12 December 2016
Floor
Held at the desk.
Source: Floor
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Engrossed in Senate · 10 December 2016 · Download file
- Reported to Senate · 8 December 2016 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 26 April 2016 · Download file
Documents
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Engrossed in Senate (text)
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Engrossed in Senate (PDF)
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Passed Senate amended
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → OPEN Government Data Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2852
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2852
- us · 114-s-2852 · source updated 5 December 2025