INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 4696 AN AMENDMENT TO THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1984

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 6, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director
Office of Legislative Liaison STAT
FROM:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCE:
C/L&LD/OGC
Introduction of H.R. 4696, an Amendment to
the Privacy Act of 1984
Memorandum for: See Distribution, from
dated 29 Feb 1984 (OLL 84-0787)
1. The reference requested comments on H.R. 4696,
introduced by Representative Glenn English (D., OK). As you
note, this bill is intended to codify the holding of Greentree
v. United States Customs Service, 674 F.2d 74 (D.C. Cir. 1982),
thereby precluding assertion of the Privacy Act as an FOIA
exemption (b)(3) withholding statute.
2. The Department of Justice recently petitioned the
Supreme Court for certiorari in United States Department of
Justice v. Provenzano (No. 83-1045, filed December 23, 1983),
arguing that the Privacy Act is an exemption (b)(3) statute.
This Office fully supports the Department's strong opposition
to Rep. English's bill which, if passed, would nullify the
arguments raised in Provenzano. We would suggest that the
Agency's response to OMB be along the same lines.
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