Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 742
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Open and Responsive Government Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 15, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 15, 2021
Latest Action
Mar 15, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
742
Congress
117
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Open and Responsive Government Act of 2021

This bill limits the extent to which federal agencies may exempt information from requests to disclose agency records under the Freedom of Information Act, including prohibiting the withholding of a portion of an otherwise responsive record on the basis that the portion is nonresponsive.

Text (1)
March 15, 2021
Actions (2)
03/15/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
03/15/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:47:42 PM