,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbbj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bc1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,leahy1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 and ,mrs4         
,feinstein7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to modify the exemption for    
trade secrets and commercial or         
financial information in the ,freedom of
 ,information ,act1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,open and           
,responsive ,government ,act of #bjai4  
#b4 ,amendments to the ,freedom of      
,information ,act ,section #eeb of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly    
known as the ,freedom of ,information   
,act7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection   
7b77#d71 by inserting before the        
semicolon at the end the following3 1   
provided that the term confidential     
means information that1 if disclosed1   
would likely cause substantial harm to  

the competitive position of the person  
from whom the information was obtained2 
and  7#b7 in subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 by   
striking ,this section does not         
authorize withholding of information and
 inserting  ,this section-- 7#a7 does   
not authorize the withholding of        
information  2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71 
as so designated1 by striking 4 ,this   
section is not authority to withhold    
information from ,congress4 and         
inserting a semicolon2 and  7,c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7#b7  
does not authorize the withholding of a 
portion of an otherwise responsive      
record on the basis that the portion is 
non-responsive2 and  7#c7 is not        
authority to withhold information from  
,congress4  4