,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjae,mr4 ,kirk 7for himself1 ,ms4      
,ayotte1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 and ,mr4 ,perdue7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to         
streamline the collection and           
distribution of ,government information4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,just ,google ,it ,act4    
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3  7#a7 ,the ,national         
,technical ,information ,service        
7referred to in this ,act as ,,ntis71   
the ,national ,archives and ,records    
,administration1 the ,government        
,accountability ,office 7referred to in 
this section as ,,gao71 and the ,library
 of ,congress are all tasked with       
collecting1 categorizing1 and           
distributing ,government publications to
 the public4  7#b7 ,,gao has found      

that-- 7,a7 ,,ntis costs have exceeded  
its revenues during a recent #aa-year   
period by an average of #a1cjj1jjj per  
year2 and  7,b7 of the reports in the   
,,ntis repository that are available    
elsewhere1 #ie percent are available for
 free and most could be found using a   
web search engine like google4com4  7#c7
 ,,ntis is a relic of the pre-,internet 
era and duplicates the products and     
services offered by multiple ,government
 agencies4  #c4 ,national ,technical    
,information ,service  7a7 ,repeal      
,effective on the date that is #a year  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,national ,technical          
,information ,act of #aihh 7subtitle ,b 
of title ,,ii of ,public ,law #ajj-eai2 
#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #cgjd;b7 is repealed4  7b7
 ,transfer of critical functions  7#a7  
,consultation requirement ,the          
,secretary of ,commerce1 the ,archivist 
of the ,united ,states1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states1 and   
the ,commissioner of ,social ,security  

shall consult with the ,director of the 
,office of ,management and ,budget to   
determine if any function of ,,ntis is  
critical to the economy of the ,united  
,states4  7#b7 ,,gao certification ,the 
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall determine which of the    
critical functions identified pursuant  
to paragraph 7#a7 are not being carried 
out by any other agency or              
instrumentality of the ,federal         
,government4  7#c7 ,transfers authorized
  7,a7 ,in general ,except as provided  
in subparagraph 7,b71 the ,secretary of 
,commerce1 before the effective date set
 forth in subsection 7a71 may transfer  
the responsibility for any critical     
function of ,,ntis 7as identified under 
paragraph 7#a77 that is not otherwise   
being carried out 7as determined under  
paragraph 7#b77 to another office within
 the ,department of ,commerce4  7,b7    
,exception ,the ,secretary may not      
transfer any fee-based services offered 
by ,,ntis to another office within the  

,department of ,commerce4  7#d7         
,services by contractor ,if fee-based   
services determined to be critical to   
the economy of the ,united ,states under
 paragraph 7#a7 are being carried out by
 a contractor through a contract with   
,,ntis1 such contract may not be        
renewed1 but the ,federal agency        
receiving such services1 or the ,general
 ,service ,administration1 may enter    
into a new contract with the contractor 
or another qualified entity to continue 
such services after the expiration of   
the contract with ,,ntis4  7c7          
,abolition of functions ,except for the 
functions transferred pursuant to       
subsection 7b71 all functions of the    
,,ntis immediately before the repeal    
date described in subsection 7a7 are    
abolished on such repeal date4  7d7     
,transfer of unexpended balances ,not   
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary 
of the ,treasury1 after consultation    
with the ,secretary of ,commerce1       

shall--  7#a7 transfer all unexpended   
balances in the ,national ,technical    
,information ,service ,revolving ,fund1 
established pursuant to the ,department 
of ,commerce ,appropriations ,act1 #aiic
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #cgjd;b note71 to the   
general fund of the ,treasury for the   
purpose of deficit reduction2 and  7#b7 
after the transfer is completed pursuant
 to paragraph 7#a71 dissolve the        
,national ,technical ,information       
,service ,revolving ,fund4  #d4         
,secretary of ,commerce certification   
,before the effective date set forth in 
section #c7;a71 the ,secretary of       
,commerce shall submit a written        
certification to the ,committee on      
,finance of the ,senate and the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives that all 
of the operations of the ,national      
,technical ,information ,service have   
been terminated4