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S. 2220

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A bill to modify the exemption for trade secrets and commercial or financial information in the Freedom of Information Act, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · July 23, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
July 23, 2019
Cosponsors (3)
2D 1R
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Open and Responsive Government Act of 2019 This bill limits the extent to which federal agencies may exempt information from requests to disclose agency records under the Freedom of Information Act, including prohibiting the withholding of a portion of an otherwise responsive record on the basis that the portion is nonresponsive.

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