Search Results: keywords:"public accessibility"

  • H. RES. 1126 — Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:71

    H. RES. 1126 allows the Speaker of the House, along with the Minority Leader, to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to record the proceedings of a joint meeting of Congress on April 11, 2024. This recording is intended to create a virtual reality experience for...

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine a big meeting in a special room where important people talk, and this bill says they can have someone record this meeting with special cameras that let you see it like you're really there, all to help kids and adults learn about what goes on in that room.

  • S. 5312 — To require agencies to create consistent organizational hierarchies, and for other purposes.
    Status:Reported to Senate
    Words:1,962

    S. 5312, known as the "ORG CHART Act," requires government agencies to create and maintain clear organizational hierarchies. The agencies must provide diagrams and lists showing the relationships between their offices and positions, identify leaders, note if any positions are vacant or filled...

    Simple Explanation

    The ORG CHART Act says that government offices have to make easy-to-understand family tree-like diagrams to show who is in charge and how they are connected, and this information should be available online, but they can't use extra money to do it.

  • H. R. 9663 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to disclose standards for implementation of the modular open system approaches for contracts of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:348

    H.R. 9663 is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives that aims to change a part of the United States Code related to defense contracts. It requires the Secretary of Defense to make public the standards for implementing modular open system approaches in defense...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants the person in charge of defense in the U.S. to share the rules for how they make things work together in their projects, like building blocks that fit with others, unless there's a good reason not to. If they don't share, they have to explain why to the people in charge at the government.

  • S. 1351 — An Act To study and prevent child abuse in youth residential programs, and for other purposes.
    Status:Engrossed in Senate
    Words:2,277

    S. 1351, also known as the “Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act,” seeks to address and prevent child abuse in youth residential programs. The bill mandates a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to examine various aspects of these programs,...

    Simple Explanation

    S. 1351, or the "Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act," is a plan to study and help stop child abuse in places where kids live away from home, like some schools or camps. It wants experts to look at how often this happens and find better ways to keep kids safe.

  • S. 5488 — To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the United States Capitol.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:289

    S. 5488 directs the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Benjamin Franklin to be placed in the United States Capitol. The committee must secure the statue within two years of the bill's enactment and have it installed in a publicly accessible...

    Simple Explanation

    There is a plan to get a statue of Benjamin Franklin to put in a big important building called the United States Capitol. A special group of people in charge of the library has been told to find the statue and make sure it's in a place everyone can see by the end of 2026.

  • H. R. 7592 — An Act To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions.
    Status:Referred in Senate
    Words:721

    H.R. 7592 is a bill that aims to make the Annotated Constitution and its pocket-part supplements more accessible and cost-effective by introducing digital versions instead of hardbound ones. The bill requires the Librarian of Congress to provide a digital revised edition of...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 7592 is a bill that wants the special book about the Constitution, which used to be on paper, to be made into digital copies online so more people can read it and it costs less to make. The person in charge of the library where these books are kept will make sure new online updates happen every year, and people can read them on the library's website.

  • H. R. 9032 — To amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,121

    H. R. 9032 aims to amend the Regulatory Flexibility Act to ensure that federal agencies provide a detailed analysis of how new rules might affect small businesses. It requires agencies to prepare a thorough statement explaining the rationale behind proposed rules, the potential impacts on...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to make sure that when new rules are made, they check if they might cause any problems for small businesses, and to share this information online so everyone can see it. It also says that if it's hard to measure the effects, they should explain why.

  • H. R. 9566 — An Act To require governmentwide source code sharing, and for other purposes.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:2,464

    H.R. 9566, also known as the "Source code Harmonization And Reuse in Information Technology Act" or the "SHARE IT Act," aims to promote governmentwide sharing of source code. It mandates that federal agencies must make their custom-developed software code available in...

    Simple Explanation

    The "SHARE IT Act" is a new rule that says government workers should share the computer code they create, a bit like sharing toys at school, so other workers can use it too. Some secret codes stay hidden to keep us safe, and the rule doesn’t need extra money to start.

  • H. R. 7942 — To establish the Open Translation Center, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,446

    H.R. 7942 aims to create the Open Translation Center (OTC), a federally funded research and development center. The OTC will translate, analyze, and share foreign language documents from countries like China to help enhance U.S. foreign policy and public understanding. The bill outlines the...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 7942 is like setting up a big library that helps people in the U.S. understand other countries better by translating their books and papers, using $85 million to start and more money every year, but some rules about the money and how it's used could make it tricky to keep track of.