Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004
Latest action · Jul 7, 2004 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.
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.
- IntroducedJan 27, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004 - Requires Federal agencies: (1) when publishing a general notice of proposed rulemaking for any proposed rule or a notice of proposed rulemaking for an interpretative rule involving the internal revenue laws, and such rulemaking pertains to the collection, maintenance, use, or disclosure of personally identifiable information from ten or more individuals, other than agencies, instrumentalities, or Federal employees, to prepare an initial assessment that describes the rule's impact on individual privacy; and (2) when promulgating the final rule, to prepare a final privacy impact assessment that includes a summary of any significant issues raised by and changes made pursuant to public comments on the initial assessment. Instructs agencies to make copies of final assessments publicly available and to publish such assessments or summaries thereof in the Federal Register.
Allows the head of an agency to waive or delay the completion of some or all of: (1) these requirements to the same extent as the agency head may waive or delay the completion of requirements for regulatory flexibility analyses; and (2) certain of the preceding requirements under this Act for national security reasons, or to protect from disclosure classified information, confidential commercial information, or information the disclosures of which may adversely affect a law enforcement effort.
Requires the head of an agency promulgating a rule that may have a significant privacy impact to assure that individuals have been given an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking.
Requires each agency to: (1) carry out a periodic review of promulgated rules that have a signifcant privacy impact to determine whether each such rule can be amended or rescinded in a manner that minimizes such impact while remaining in accordance with applicable statutes; (2) carry out such review in accordance with a plan that provides for the review of each rule every ten years; and (3) annually publish a list of the rules to be reviewed. Requires the list to: (1) include a brief description of each rule and the need for and legal basis of such rule; and (2) invite public comment upon the determination concerning the rule.
Sets forth provisions governing judicial review of agency compliance with this Act.
Requires congressional review of agencies' actions that are relevant to this Act.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2003 to Feb 10, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Feb 5, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-UT | Chris Cannon | Feb 10, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 27, 2003Markup Jun 23, 2004Reported Jul 7, 2004 |
| Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2003Hearings Jul 22, 2003Markup Feb 10, 2004Reported Feb 10, 2004 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2004Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-587.
- Jul 7, 2004Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.
- Jun 23, 2004Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 23, 2004Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 10, 2004Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 2, 2004H.R. 338, Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 23, 2004</p>
- Jul 2, 2004H.R. 338, Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 23, 2004
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION116 pages | Judiciary Committee | Aug 23, 2004 |
| — | PRIVACY IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT: THE PRIVACY OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY49 pages | Judiciary Committee | Feb 10, 2004 |
| — | PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT POST- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVACY ADVISORY COMMITTEE91 pages | Judiciary Committee | Sep 11, 2001–Aug 20, 2004 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that agencies, in promulgating rules, take into consideration the impact of such rules on the privacy of individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Defense of Privacy Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Bank records
- Citizen participation
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Classified defense information
- Commerce
- Computer networks
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional-executive relations
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Department of the Treasury
- Electronic government information
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Identification devices
- Injunctions
- Internal revenue law
- Judicial review
- Law
- Limitation of actions
- Medical records
- Photography
- Public meetings
- Regulatory impact statements
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social security numbers
- Social Welfare
- Taxation
- Telephone
- Trade secrets
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2004Reported in House
- Jan 27, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.