HR 2526 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003

Introduced Jun 19, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Barney Frank D-MA

Latest action · Jul 2, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 19, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit a record pertaining to the vulnerability of and threats to critical infrastructure that is furnished voluntarily to the Department of Homeland Security from being made available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act if: (1) the provider would not customarily make the record available to the public; and (2) the record is designated and certified by the provider as confidential and not customarily made available to the public. Prohibits other Federal agencies in receipt of such a record furnished to the Department from making the record publicly available. Allows a provider to withdraw the confidential designation of a record at any time.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2003 to Jul 14, 2003; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NM	Tom Udall	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jul 14, 2003

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jun 19, 2003
	Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Subcommittee	Referred Jul 2, 2003
House	Homeland Security Committee	Referred Jun 19, 2003
	Infrastructure and Border Security Subcommittee	Referred Jun 27, 2003
	Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee	Referred Jun 27, 2003
	Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development Subcommittee	Referred Jun 27, 2003

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 2, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
Jun 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security.
Jun 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
Jun 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development.
Jun 19, 2003Introduced in House

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	BUSINESS ACTIVITY TAX SIMPLIFICATION ACT OF 2003134 pages	Judiciary Committee	May 13, 2004

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 609	Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003	Identical bill	Mar 12, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) to provide for the protection of voluntarily furnished confidential information, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 19, 2003Introduced in House

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