The following statement was issued today by Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
On Thursday, June 30, 2016, the President signed into law:
H.R.
3209, the "Recovering Missing Children Act," which amends the Internal
Revenue Code to allow for the disclosure of tax returns, and tax return
information, to State
and local law enforcement agencies that are working in collaboration
with a Federal agency to investigate cases of missing or exploited
children;
S.
337, the "FOIA Improvement Act of 2016," which amends the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) by: requiring Federal agencies to make certain
records available for public
inspection in an electronic format; and requiring the Office of
Management and Budget, in consultation with the Attorney General, to
ensure the operation of an online portal that would allow FOIA requests
to be submitted to any Federal agency through a single
website;
S.
2133, the "Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015," which
prevents, detects, reduces, and responds to fraud in Federal programs by
requiring agencies to establish
fraud-related internal financial controls, and to establish an
interagency working group for the exchange of fraud-related best
practices and data analytics techniques;
S.
2328, the "Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability
Act," which establishes the Financial Oversight and Management Board for
Puerto Rico to provide a
method for a covered territory to achieve fiscal responsibility and
access to the capital markets; and
S.
2487, the "Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act," which requires the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to identify and track mental health
care and suicide prevention
programs and metrics that are effective in treating female veterans.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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