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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1099 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To clarify the applicability of the Freedom of Information Act to certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | federally established entities, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | CHOLTEN(for herself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. MIN, and Mr. MFUME) intro- |
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| 11 | 11 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over- |
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| 12 | 12 | | sight and Government Reform |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To clarify the applicability of the Freedom of Information |
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| 15 | 15 | | Act to certain federally established entities, and for other |
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| 16 | 16 | | purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consistent Legal Ex-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | pectations and Access to Records Act’’ or the ‘‘CLEAR 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act.’’ 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 1099 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ACT TO CERTAIN FEDERALLY ESTABLISHED 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ENTITIES. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) Section 552(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | is amended by inserting after ‘‘in the Executive Office of 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the President’’ the following: ‘‘, and any entity established 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | under section 3161 of this title’’. 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | apply to any request made under section 552 of title 5, 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | United States Code, on or after the date of enactment of 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | this Act, regardless of when the records requested were 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | created. 12 |
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