Congressional Right to Information Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Congressional Right to Information Act - Provides, under the Legislative Reorganization Act, that the head of every Federal agency shall keep each committee of the Congress and the subcommittees thereof fully and currently informed with respect to all matters relating to that agency which are within the jurisdiction of such committee or subcommittee. Requires the head of a Federal agency, on request of a committee of the Congress or a subcommittee thereof or on request of two-fifths of the members thereof, to submit any information requested of such agency head relating to any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee or subcommittee. States that when an officer or employee of the United States is summoned to testify or to produce information, records, documents, or other material before either House of Congress or a committee of the Congress, that officer shall appear at the time and place specified and shall answer all questions and produce all information sought unless the President formally and expressly instructs the officer or employee in writing to withhold the information requested. Provides that if a House of Congress or a committee of Congress determines upon consid…