S. 774 AN ACT ENTITLED THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REFORM ACT

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2008
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: February 29, 1984
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98TH CONGRESS S*774
. 2D SESSION
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 29, 1984
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
AN ACT
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Entitled "The Freedom of Information Reform Act".
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tines of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 FEES AND WAIVERS
4 SECTION. 1. Paragraph (4)(A) of section 552(a) of title
5 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
6 "(4)(A)(i) In order to carry out the provisions of this
7 section, each agency shall promulgate regulations, pursuant
8 to notice and receipt of public comment, specifying the sched-
9 ule of fees applicable to the processing of requests under this
10 section and establishing procedures and guidelines for deter-
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1 mining when such fe; sT out i be,ived or redhce 8Such
2 schedules shall conform to the guidelines which shall be pro-
3 mulgated, pursuant to notice and receipt of public comment,
4 by the ~l0 iced of ~A ar ag~e~ ent~F~a d'+Bti~dget Wd"lwUeh shall
5 provide for a uniform ' 'cheul9Vifee's for all agencies. Such
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7 "(a) shall provide for the payment of all costs rea-
8 sonably and =di,,rectly tril utta to responding to the
11 9 request, which shall__ include reasonable standard
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10 charges for the costs of services by agency personnel in
11 search, duplication, and other processing of the re-
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12 quest. The term `processing' does not include services
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13 !1 of agency personnel in((}} resolving issues of law and
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14 policy of general applicability which may be raised by
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15 a request, but does include services involved in exam-
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16 fining records for possible withholding or deletions to
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17 carry out determinations of law or policy. Such regula-
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18 tions may also provide for standardized charges for cat-
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19 egories of requests having similar processing costs,
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20 "(b) shall provide that no fee is to be charged by
21 any agency with respect to any request or series of re-
22 lated requests whenever the costs of routine collection
23 and processing of the fee are likely to equal or exceed
24 the amount of the fee, and
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1 "(c) in the ease, of an request or . series of related
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2 equests,. foronrecords containing ~ commercially valuable
3 technological information which was generated or pro-
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4 cured by the, Government at substantial cost to the
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5 public, is likely to be used for a .commercial purpose,
6 .and will deprive then ,Governmentof,~its ..~commercial
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7 val e, may provide .for the charging of a fair, value fee,
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9 w ise chargeableb making into account~~ uc1. factors as Ffj
10 the estimated commercial value of the technological in-
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11 formation,] its costs to the Government,^ and p,nv. public
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