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Defense of Privacy Act

Introduced: January 27, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 7, 2004
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.
Jul 7, 2004
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-587.
Jun 23, 2004
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 23, 2004
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Feb 10, 2004
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Feb 10, 2004
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 22, 2003
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jan 27, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 27, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Defense 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out a periodic review of promulgated rules that have such impact to determine whether each such rule can be amended or rescinded in a manner that minimizes such impact while remaining in accordance with applicable statutes; (2) carry out such review in accordance with a plan that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.

What's happening now July 7, 2004

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 4, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 338: Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-338/
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"H.R. 338: Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-338/.
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H.R. 338, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-338/.
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