§ 603. Public access to budget data

Statutory text

Right to copy

Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e), 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.

Index

The Director shall develop and maintain filing, coding, and indexing systems that identify the information, data, estimates, and statistics to which subsection (a) applies and shall make such systems available for public use during normal business hours.

Exceptions

Subsection (a) shall not apply to information, data, estimates, and statistics—

which are specifically exempted from disclosure by law; or

which the Director determines will disclose—

matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of national defense or the confidential conduct of the foreign relations of the United States;

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

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.

Information obtained for committees and Members

Subsection (a) 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.

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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1974
Pub. L. 93–344 title II § 203 · 88 Stat. 297
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 603
Pub. L. 93–344, title II, § 203, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 305
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 93–344, title II, § 203, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 305
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 203. (a) Right To Copy.— Except as provided in subsections 2 USC 603. (c) and (d), the Director shall make all information, data, estimates, and statistics obtained under sections 201(d) and 201(e) available for public copying during normal business hours, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, and shall to the extent practicable, a t 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) applies and shall make such systems available for public use during normal business hours. (c) Exceptions.— Subsection (a) 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) 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.
2000
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
Pub. L. 106–554 § 1(a)(7)(tIII)(s310)(b)(2) · 114 Stat. 2763
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 603(a)
Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 310(b)(2)], substituted “subsections (c), (d), and (e)” for “subsections (c) and (d)”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 310(b)(2)], substituted “subsections (c), (d), and (e)” for “subsections (c) and (d)”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(7) H.R. 5662, as introduced on December 14, 2000.
2000
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
Pub. L. 106–554 § 1(a)(7)(tIII)(s310)(b)(1) · 114 Stat. 2763
Added · 2 U.S.C. § 603(e)
Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 310(b)(1)], added subsec. (e)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 310(b)(1)], added subsec. (e).
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(7) H.R. 5662, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 310(b)(2)], substituted “subsections (c), (d), and (e)” for “subsections (c) and (d)”.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 310(b)(1)], added subsec. (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Credits

1974–2000 · 2 acts

1974Pub. L. 93–344, title II, § 203, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 305
2000Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 310(b)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–639.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 93–344, title II, § 203, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 305; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title III, § 310(b)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–639.)