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S.2427: Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced Dec. 6, 2007
- Latest Major Action Dec. 6, 2007
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 or the OPEN Government Act of 2007 - Amends Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provisions to define "representative of the news media" and "news," specify examples of news-media entities, and provide that a freelance journalist shall be regarded as working for a news-media entity if the journalist can demonstrate a solid basis for expecting publication through that...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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| Dec. 6, 2007 |
Introduced in the Senate by Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) |