H.R. 5253: Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
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H.R. 5253: Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
115th Congress · introduced 2018-03-13 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-03-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
Plain summary
Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018 This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act to require agencies to make their records available to the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of Government Information Services if the records are requested by the office.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5253, Office of Government Information Services Empowerment Act of 2018 (2018-03-29)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5253.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr5253 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115