Federal Agency Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2005

Summary

Federal Agency Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2005 - Requires the head of each federal department or agency that is engaged in any activity to use or develop data-mining technology to report annually to Congress on all such activities. Requires that such report be made available to the public. Defines "data-mining" as a query, search, or other analysis of one or more electronic databases, where: (1) at least one of the databases was obtained from or remains under the control of a non-federal entity, or the information was acquired initially by another federal department or agency for purposes other than intelligence or law enforcement; (2) a federal department or agency or a non-federal entity acting on behalf of the federal government is conducting the query, search, or other analysis to find a predictive pattern indicating terrorist or criminal activity; and (3) the search does not use a specific individual's personal identifiers to acquire information concerning that individual. Mandates annual updates, including any new uses or development of data-mining technology.

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Timeline

1. 6 June 2005

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6106)

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2. 6 June 2005

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6105-6106)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 June 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 6 June 2005 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 6 June 2005

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 June 2005

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Sponsors

• Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] · I · Sponsor
• Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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