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Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2004

Introduced: May 5, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
May 21, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
May 5, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
May 5, 2004
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2004 - Requires the head of each Federal department or agency that is engaged in any activity to use or develop data-mining technology to report annually to Congress on all such activities.

Defines "data-mining" as a query, search, or other analysis of one or more electronic databases, where: (1) at least one of the databases was obtained from or remains under the control of a non-Federal entity, or the information was acquired initially by another Federal department or agency for purposes other than intelligence or law enforcement; (2) the search does not use a specific individual's personal identifiers to acquire information concerning that individual; and (3) a Federal department or agency is conducting the query, search, or other analysis to find a pattern indicating terrorist or other criminal activity.

Mandates annual updates, including any new data-mining technologies.

What's happening now May 21, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Independent 1