Senators John Kennedy and Ron Wyden introduced the Open Courts Act of 2026 in another attempt to provide free access to the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) and the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) systems.
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Open Courts Act Excluded From $1.66 Trillion Government Spending Bill
The $1.66 trillion omnibus spending bill, advanced by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, excludes the Open Courts Act of 2021.
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House of Representatives Passes the Open Courts Act of 2020 to Make PACER Free
The United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 8235: the Open Courts Act of 2020 on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The bill seeks to provide free access to federal court documents filed on PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). The federal judiciary opposes the bill, citing "devastating budgetary and operational impact on the Judiciary."
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