§ 603. — Public access to budget data.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC603]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 17--CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Sec. 603. Public access to budget data
(a) Right to copy
Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section,
the Director shall make all information, data, estimates, and statistics
obtained under section 601(d) and (e) of this title available for public
copying during normal business hours, subject to reasonable rules and
regulations, and shall to the extent practicable, at the request of any
person, furnish a copy of any such information, data, estimates, or
statistics upon payment by such person of the cost of making and
furnishing such copy.
(b) Index
The Director shall develop and maintain filing, coding, and indexing
systems that identify the information, data, estimates, and statistics
to which subsection (a) of this section applies and shall make such
systems available for public use during normal business hours.
(c) Exceptions
Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to information, data,
estimates, and statistics--
(1) which are specifically exempted from disclosure by law; or
(2) which the Director determines will disclose--
(A) matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of
national defense or the confidential conduct of the foreign
relations of the United States;
(B) information relating to trade secrets or financial or
commercial information pertaining specifically to a given person
if the information has been obtained by the Government on a
confidential basis, other than through an application by such
person for a specific financial or other benefit, and is
required to be kept secret in order to prevent undue injury to
the competitive position of such person; or
(C) personnel or medical data or similar data the disclosure
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy;
unless the portions containing such matters, information, or data
have been excised.
(d) Information obtained for committees and Members
Subsection (a) of this section shall apply to any information, data,
estimates, and statistics obtained at the request of any committee,
joint committee, or Member unless such committee, joint committee, or
Member has instructed the Director not to make such information, data,
estimates, or statistics available for public copying.
(e) Level of confidentiality
With respect to information, data, estimates, and statistics
obtained under sections 601(d) and 601(e) of this title, the Director
shall maintain the same level of confidentiality as is required by law
of the department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or
commission from which it is obtained. Officers and employees of the
Congressional Budget Office shall be subject to the same statutory
penalties for unauthorized disclosure or use as officers or employees of
the department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or
commission from which it is obtained.
(Pub. L. 93-344, title II, Sec. 203, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 305; Pub.
L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(7) [title III, Sec. 310(b)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114
Stat. 2763, 2763A-639.)
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(7) [title III,
Sec. 310(b)(2)], substituted ``subsections (c), (d), and (e)'' for
``subsections (c) and (d)''.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(7) [title III,
Sec. 310(b)(1)], added subsec. (e).
Effective Date
Section effective on day on which first Director of Congressional
Budget Office is appointed under section 601(a) of this title, see
section 905(b) of Pub. L. 93-344, formerly set out as a note under
section 621 of this title.
