1st Session |
To provide the public with open access to electronic federal court records.
_____ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To provide the public with open access to electronic federal court records.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Open Access to Electronic Federal Court Records Act of 2013”.
(a) Repeal of court fees for electronic access to information.—Section 303 of the Judiciary Appropriations Act, 1992, as amended and found in (28 U.S.C. 1913 note) is hereby repealed.
(b) Requirement for open access to electronic information.—The Judicial Conference shall not prescribe fees for public access to information available through automatic data processing equipment.
(c) Time requirements.—The Judicial Conference shall comply with subsection (b) for each
(1) COURT OF APPEALS.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) DISTRICT COURT.—Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
