Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993
Public Law 103-40 · S. 564 · 103rd Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Jun 8, 1993 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Sen. Wendell Ford (D-KY)
Cosponsors (2): Sen. Ted Stevens, Sen. Larry Pressler
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 - Requires the Superintendant of Documents, under the direction of the Public Printer, to establish a means for providing the public with online access to electronic public information of the Federal Government.
Sets forth guidelines for determining fees for accessing such information. Permits depository libraries to access information through such means without charge.
Requires the Public Printer to report to the Congress on the savings resulting from such online public access to Government information and on the status of the system providing such access.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.
- Jun 8, 1993Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-40.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- May 27, 1993PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- May 25, 1993FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Kleczka moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Committee on House Administration
- May 20, 1993CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Committee on House Administration
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Committee on House Administration
- Mar 22, 1993FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Mar 19, 1993CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- Mar 18, 1993CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- Mar 11, 1993CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.