,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dejj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,gardner7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend title #dd1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to preserve and protect open     
,government data assets4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,preserving ,data in ,government ,act of
 #bjbj4  #b4 ,preserving open           
,government data assets  7a7 ,in general
 ,subchapter ,i of chapter #ce of title 
#dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 in section #cejb-- 7,a7 in        
paragraph 7#bb71 by striking and at the 
end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#bc71 by       
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#bd7 the term  
open format means a technical format    
that is not encumbered by restrictions  

that would impede use or reuse4  2 and  
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  #cebb4 ,requirement to preserve open  
,government data assets  7a7 ,in general
 ,except as provided under subsection   
7c71 any open ,government data asset    
that is made available to the public for
 a period of not less than #ij          
consecutive days shall-- 7#a7 remain    
machine-readable1 available in an open  
format1 and part of the worldwide public
 domain or1 if necessary1 published with
 an open license2 and  7#b7 not be      
altered in such a way as to decrease the
 machine-readable nature of the open    
,government data asset4  7b7 ,alteration
 of digital location1 format1 or content
  7#a7 ,in general ,it shall not be a   
violation of subsection 7a7 to alter--  
7,a7 the digital location or format of  
any open ,government data asset for the 
purpose of routine asset maintenance or 
long-term archiving if the alteration   
does not decrease the open public       
accessibility or the machine-readable   

nature of the open ,government data     
asset2 or  7,b7 the contents of any open
 ,government data asset for purposes of 
updating the open ,government data asset
 or correcting an error in the open     
,government data asset4  7#b7           
,permanence of data after updates ,for  
purposes of subsection 7a71 any         
alteration of the digital location1     
format1 or contents of an open          
,government data asset under paragraph  
7#a7 shall not constitute a renewal of  
the period for which the open           
,government data asset has been made    
available to the public4  7#c7 ,record  
of data changes after updates ,any      
substantial alteration of the contents  
of an open ,government data asset under 
paragraph 7#a7 shall be recorded in a   
log that is made available to the public
 in an open format along with the open  
,government data asset4  7c7 ,exceptions
  7#a7 ,conservation of agency resources
 ,an agency may remove an open          
,government data asset from public      

availability if-- 7,a7 the open         
,government data asset is available for 
download on the worldwide public domain 
for a period of not less than #ij days  
before the date on which the agency     
removes the open ,government data asset 
from public availability2  7,b7 the head
 of the agency determines that the open 
,government data asset-- 7i7 is too     
costly to maintain2 or  7ii7 does not   
provide sufficient value to the public2 
and  7,c7 not less than #f months before
 the date on which the agency removes   
the open ,government data asset from    
public availability1 the agency         
publishes a notice of the removal in the
 ,federal ,register1 including-- 7i7 a  
clear identification of the open        
,government data asset2  7ii7 if        
applicable1 the digital object          
identifier of the open ,government data 
asset2  7iii7 a detailed description of 
the reasons for the removal2 and  7iv7 a
 detailed description of efforts to make
 the open ,government data asset        

permanently publicly available4  7#b7   
,other provisions of law ,subsection 7a7
 shall not apply in the case of an open 
,government data asset that is required 
to be removed from public availability  
or altered under another provision of   
law4  4  7b7 ,technical and conforming  
amendment ,the table of sections for    
subchapter ,i of chapter #ce of title   
#dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by inserting after the item relating to 
section #ceba the following3  #cebb4    
,requirement to preserve open           
,government data assets4  4