[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3687 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3687

 To amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide a civil remedy 
for the request or receipt of protected records for a nonroutine use by 
any person within the Executive Offices of the President, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 1996

 Mr. Barr of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to 
    the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide a civil remedy 
for the request or receipt of protected records for a nonroutine use by 
any person within the Executive Offices of the President, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1. Popular Title.--This bill may be referred to as ``The 
White House Accountability Act of 1996''.
    Sec. 2. (a) Section 552a of title 5 of the United States Code is 
amended by redesignating subsections (g) through (v) as (h) through (w) 
and adding a new subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Request or Receipt of Protected Records by Persons Within the 
Executive Office of the President.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no person within the Executive Office of the President shall 
request or receive from the Federal Bureau of Investigation records 
which contain individually identifiable information the disclosure of 
which is prohibited by this section or by rules or regulations 
established thereunder, unless obtaining such record is for a purpose 
which is compatible with the purpose for which it was collected.''
    (b) Section 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended 
by inserting in the first sentence the following words immediately 
preceding the word ``publishes,'': ``or person within the Executive 
Office of the President,''.
    Sec. 3. Definitions.--Section (h)(1) is amended by adding at the 
end thereto the following: ``For purposes of section (g), the 
individual may bring a civil action against any person in the Executive 
Office of the President, and the district court of the United States 
for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction in the matters 
under the provisions of this subsection.''
    Sec. 4. Statute of Limitations.--An action to enforce any liability 
created under section 2(a) may be brought within four years of the 
events giving rise to the cause of action.
    Sec. 5. Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any request or receipt of records by a person within the 
Executive Office of the President on or after January 20, 1993.
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