S 609 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 12, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Patrick J. Leahy D-VT

Latest action · Mar 12, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

IntroducedMar 12, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot 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 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2003 to Jul 23, 2003; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Mar 12, 2003
R-VT	James M. Jeffords	Original	Mar 12, 2003
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-WV	Robert C. Byrd	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-FL	Bob Graham		Mar 31, 2003
D-WI	Russell D. Feingold		May 14, 2003
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Jul 23, 2003

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 13, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 12, 2003Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3631-3637)
Mar 12, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S687	Patrick J. Leahy D-VT	Feb 6, 2004
Senate	Debate and remarks S3631–S3639Summaries S3635	Carl Levin D-MI, Patrick J. Leahy D-VT	Mar 12, 2003

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
S. Hrg. 108-84	INVESTING IN HOMELAND SECURITY: STREAMLINING AND ENHANCING HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAMS85 pages	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee	May 1, 2003

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2526	Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003	Identical bill	Jul 2, 2003

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill 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
Popular Titles: Freedom of Information Restoration bill

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 12, 2003Introduced in Senate

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