Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act

Summary

Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act - Requires Federal agencies: (1) when publishing a general notice of proposed rulemaking for any proposed rule or for an interpretative rule involving the internal revenue laws, to prepare, make available for public comment, and publish an initial analysis describing the rule's impact on the privacy of individuals; and (2) when promulgating the final rule, to prepare, make publicly available, and publish a final privacy impact analysis that includes a summary of the significant issues raised by and changes made pursuant to public comments on the initial analysis. Requires the head of an agency promulgating a rule that may have a significant privacy impact on individuals or on a substantial number of individuals to use specified techniques 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out a periodic review of promulgated rules that have such impact to determine whether each such rule can be amended or rescinded in a manner that minimizes such impact while remaining in accordance with applicable statutes; (2) carry out such review in accordance with a plan that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 after the rule was published as a final rule; and (3) publish annually a list of the rules to be reviewed. Sets forth provisions governing judicial review of agency compliance with this Act.

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Timeline

1. 9 May 2002

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4154-4155)

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 May 2002

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4153-4154)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 May 2002

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 9 May 2002 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 May 2002

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 May 2002

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 May 2002

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Sponsors

• Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
• Mike Crapo · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID-1] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssga00 · Standing

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