H.R. 1164 · 116th Congress
Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Doug Collins
- Introduced
- 2019-02-13
- Latest action
- 2019-03-25 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Summary
Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2019
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.