A bill to ensure an open and deliberate process in Congress by providing that any future legislation to establish a new exemption to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) be stated explicitly within the text of the bill.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Prohibits applying the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to matters specifically exempted from disclosure by a statute (other than open meetings under the Government in the Sunshine Act) enacted after July 1, 2005, that specifically cites this Act and either: (1) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue; or (2) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1181 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1181

To ensure an open and deliberate process in Congress by providing that 
 any future legislation to establish a new exemption to section 552 of 
  title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of 
   Information Act) be stated explicitly within the text of the bill.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2005

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Alexander) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure an open and deliberate process in Congress by providing that 
 any future legislation to establish a new exemption to section 552 of 
  title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of 
   Information Act) be stated explicitly within the text of the bill.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SPECIFIC CITATIONS IN EXEMPTIONS.

    Section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute 
        (other than section 552b of this title), provided that such 
        statute--
                    ``(A) if enacted after July 1, 2005, specifically 
                cites to this section; and
                    ``(B)(i) requires that the matters be withheld from 
                the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion 
                on the issue; or
                    ``(ii) establishes particular criteria for 
                withholding or refers to particular types of matters to 
                be withheld;''.
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