text: SECTION 1. INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT AND 
                INDEXATION OF RECORDS.
  
      Section 552(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
              (1) in the second sentence, by striking out ``or staff 
          manual or instruction'' and inserting ``staff manual, 
          instruction, or copies of records referred to in subparagraph 
          (D)'';
              (2) by inserting before the period at the end of the 3rd 
          sentence the following: ``, and the extent of such deletion 
          shall be indicated on the portion of the record which is made 
          available or published'';
              (3) by inserting after the 3rd sentence the following: ``If 
          technically feasible, the extent of the deletion shall be 
          indicated at the place in the record where the deletion was 
          made.'';
              (4) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after the 
          semicolon;
              (5) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
              ``(D) copies of all records, regardless of form or format, 
          which have been released to any person under paragraph (3) and 
          which, because of the nature of their subject matter, the 
          agency determines have become or are likely to become the 
          subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same 
          records; and
              ``(E) a general index of the records referred to under 
          subparagraph (D);'';
              (6) by inserting after the 5th sentence the following: 
          ``Each agency shall make the index referred to in subparagraph 
          (E) available by electronic means by December 31, 1999.''; and
              (7) by inserting after the 1st sentence the following: 
          ``For records created on or after November 1, 1996, within one 
          year after such date, each agency shall make such records 
          available by computer telecommunications or, if computer 
          telecommunications means have not been established by the 
          agency, by other electronic means.''.
  
  SEC. 2. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.
  
      Section 552(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read 
  as follows:
      ``(e)(1) On or before February 1 of each year, each agency shall 
  submit to the Attorney General a report which shall cover the preceding 
  fiscal year and which shall include--
              ``(A) the number of determinations made by the agency not 
          to comply with requests for records made to such agency under 
          subsection (a) and the reasons for each such determination;
              ``(B)(i) the number of appeals made by persons under 
          subsection (a)(6), the result of such appeals, and the reason 
          for the action upon each appeal that results in a denial of 
          information; and
              ``(ii) a complete list of all statutes that the agency 
          relies upon to authorize the agency to withhold information 
          under subsection (b)(3), a description of whether a court has 
          upheld the decision of the agency to withhold information under 
          each such statute, and a concise description of the scope of 
          any information withheld;
              ``(C) the number of requests for records pending before the 
          agency as of September 30 of the preceding year, and the median 
          number of days that such requests had been pending before the 
          agency as of that date;
              ``(D) the number of requests for records received by the 
          agency and the number of requests which the agency processed;
              ``(E) the median number of days taken by the agency to 
          process different types of requests;
              ``(F) the total amount of fees collected by the agency for 
          processing requests;
              ``(G) the average amount of time that the agency estimates 
          as necessary, based on the past experience of the agency, to 
          comply with different types of requests; and
              ``(H) the number of full-time staff of the agency devoted 
          to processing requests for records under this section, and the 
          total amount expended by the agency for processing such 
          requests.
      ``(2) Each agency shall make each such report available to the 
  public through a computer network, or if computer network means have 
  not been established by the agency, by other electronic means.
      ``(3) The Attorney General shall make each report which has been 
  made available by electronic means available at a single electronic 
  access point. The Attorney General shall notify the Chairman and 
  ranking minority member of the Committee on Government Reform and 
  Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Chairman and ranking 
  minority member of the Committees on Governmental Affairs and the 
  Judiciary of the Senate, no later than April 1 of the year in which 
  each such report is issued, that such reports are available by 
  electronic means.
      ``(4) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of 
  the Office of Management and Budget, shall develop reporting and 
  performance guidelines in connection with reports required by this 
  subsection by October 1, 1997, and may establish additional 
  requirements for such reports as the Attorney General determines may be 
  useful.
      ``(5) The Attorney General shall submit an annual report on or 
  before April 1 of each calendar year which shall include for the prior 
  calendar year a listing of the number of cases arising under this 
  section, the exemption involved in each case, the disposition of such 
  case, and the cost, fees, and penalties assessed under subparagraphs 
  (E), (F), and (G) of subsection (a)(4). Such report shall also include 
  a description of the efforts undertaken by the Department of Justice to 
  encourage agency compliance with this section.''.
target: Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require each Federal agency to make available for public inspection and copying:  (1) copies of all records, regardless of form or format, which have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests; (2) a general index of such records, which shall be made available electronically by December 31, 1999; and (3) within one year after November 1, 1996, by computer telecommunications or other electronic means, those records created on or after November 1, 1996.  Revises reporting requirements concerning such provisions.
feat_title: To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act, to provide for greater efficiency in providing public access to information and to provide for public access to information in an electronic format.