United States · Bill · S
S. 609 (108th)
Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003
Introduced
12 March 2003
Last action
12 March 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Subjects
Transport
Source updated
10 August 2026
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.
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Timeline
12 March 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
12 March 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3631-3637)
Source: IntroReferral
12 March 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 March 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of 2003
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/609
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/609
- us · 108-s-609 · source updated 10 August 2026