Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Freedom of information

Bill Introduced: H.R.1728 Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To repeal certain appropriations riders that limit the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to administer the Federal firearms laws.

Bill Introduced: S.676 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to prevent tax-related identity theft and tax fraud.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1211 FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2013

2013-03-14T20:00:00Z

To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act), to provide for greater public access to information, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1187 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To designate certain National Forest System lands and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers, to provide for the establishment of a Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.549 Public Online Information Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

A bill to establish an advisory committee to issue nonbinding governmentwide guidelines on making public information available on the Internet, to require publicly available Government information held by the executive branch to be made available on the Internet, to express the sense of Congress that publicly available information held by the legislative and judicial branches should be available on the Internet, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.838 Racial Profiling Prevention Act

2013-02-25T19:00:00Z

To provide grants to States in order to prevent racial profiling.

Bill Introduced: H.R.661 Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act

2013-02-12T19:00:00Z

To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws.

Bill Introduced: H.R.531 Tax Crimes and Identity Theft Prevention Act

2013-02-05T19:00:00Z

To prevent identity theft and tax crimes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.491 Global Online Freedom Act of 2013

2013-02-03T19:00:00Z

To prevent United States businesses from cooperating with repressive governments in transforming the Internet into a tool of censorship and surveillance, to fulfill the responsibility of the United States Government to promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to restore public confidence in the integrity of United States businesses, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.427 Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

2013-01-24T19:00:00Z

To prevent the illegal sale of firearms, and for other purpoes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.295 Protect and Save Act of 2013

2013-01-14T19:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent identity theft and tax fraud, and for other purposes.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.4240 Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012

2012-08-15T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

August 15, 2012: Signed by President.

Bill Enacted: H.R.4240 Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012

2012-08-15T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

August 15, 2012: Became Public Law No: 112-172.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.4240 Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012

2012-08-06T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

August 06, 2012: Presented to President.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6205 Protect and Save Act of 2012

2012-07-25T20:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent identity theft and tax fraud, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3432 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act

2012-07-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to prevent identity theft and tax fraud.

Bill Introduced: S.3301 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013

2012-06-13T20:00:00Z

An original bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4398 Racial Profiling Prevention Act

2012-04-17T20:00:00Z

To provide grants to States in order to prevent racial profiling.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4240 Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012

2012-03-21T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4232 Restoring Essential Safeguards for a Transparent, Open, and Reliable Executive under FOIA Act

2012-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), to provide that the exemptions to that section shall not apply to matters relating to certain transactions executed by an instrumentality of the Federal Government operating in a commercial manner.