U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024
§ 603.
Public access to budget data
(a)
Right to copy
(b)
Index
(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
(e)
Level of confidentiality
(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.)
cite as: 2 USC 603