Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2005

Summary

Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2005 - 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 describing the rule's impact on individual privacy; and (2) when promulgating the final rule, to prepare a final privacy impact assessment. 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 for waiving or delaying 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of promulgated rules that have a significant privacy impact to determine whether each such rule can be amended or rescinded to minimize such impact while remaining in accordance with applicable statutes; (2) carry out such review according to a plan providing for the review of each rule every ten years; and (3) annually publish a list of the rules to be reviewed. Sets forth provisions governing judicial review of agency compliance with this Act.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 25 September 2006

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 25 September 2006

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 25 September 2006

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 June 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 June 2005

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 June 2005

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