Business Information Confidentiality Procedures Act

Summary

Business Information Confidentiality Procedures Act - Directs each Federal agency to promulgate regulations to provide procedures to protect the confidentiality of business information consisting of trade secrets and commercial or financial information. Establishes procedures under which a submitter of such information shall be: (1) notified of a decision allowing disclosure; (2) permitted to provide written objections; and (3) seek de novo judicial review of a decision to allow disclosure over such objections.

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Timeline

1. 3 October 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 October 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 3 October 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 October 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture.

   Source: Committee

5. 7 October 1985

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from OMB, Justice.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 October 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. DioGuardi, Joseph J. [R-NY-20] · R · Sponsor
• · hsgo00 · Standing

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