HR 12207 · 93th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that persons be apprised of records concerning them which are maintained by Government agencies.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.(1974-01-22)
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Provides that each Government agency that maintains records, including computer records, concerning any person which may be retrieved by reference to, or are indexed under, a person's name, or some other similar identifying number or symbol, and which contains any information obtained from any source other than such person shall, with respect to such records: (1) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to any other agency or to any person not employed by the agency maintaining such record, except (a) with notification of the person concerned or of an immediate family member if the person cannot be located (b) that if disclosure of the record is required under law, the person concerned shall be notified by mail at his last known address of any such required disclosure; (2) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to individuals within that agency other than those individuals who need to examine such record or information for the execution of their jobs; (3) maintain an accurate record of the names and addresses of all persons to whom any information contained in such records is divulged and the purposes for which such di…
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