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Introduced
02/13/2019
02/13/2019
In Committee
03/25/2019
03/25/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
To direct the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to consolidate the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, and for other purposes. This bill directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, in coordination with the General Services Administration, to consolidate the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system into one system. Additionally, it establishes certain requirements for the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system, including the following: documents filed with a federal court must be publicly accessible upon filing, and documents on PACER must be available to the public and to parties before the court free of charge.
AI Summary
This bill, the Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2019, directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, in coordination with the General Services Administration, to consolidate the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system into one system. Additionally, it establishes certain requirements for the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system, including that documents filed with a federal court must be publicly accessible upon filing, and documents on PACER must be available to the public and to parties before the court free of charge. The bill also defines "machine-readable" to mean a format in which information or data can be easily processed by a computer without human intervention while ensuring no semantic meaning is lost.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (10)
Doug Collins (R)*,
Ben Cline (R),
Tom Cole (R),
Bill Foster (D),
Brian Higgins (D),
Hank Johnson (D),
Mike Quigley (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
David Roe (R),
Greg Stanton (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. (on 03/25/2019)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1164/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1164/BILLS-116hr1164ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1164/BILLS-116hr1164ih.pdf.pdf |
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