In the fall of 2018, Rep. Doug Collins introduced bill H.R. 6714, the Electronic Court Records Reform Act. The bill, if passed, will directly affect the widely used Judicial Record System known as PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). In Summary:
- This bill directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to consolidate the Case
Management/Electronic Case Files system into one system. - Establishes certain requirements for the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system, including the following:
- documents filed with a federal court must be publicly accessible not later than five days after filing, and
- documents on PACER must be available to the public and to parties before the court free of charge