[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1513 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1513

  To exempt from the Freedom of Information Act certain photographic 
 images of deceased persons that are taken by or for medical examiners.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2005

Mr. Frelinghuysen introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To exempt from the Freedom of Information Act certain photographic 
 images of deceased persons that are taken by or for medical examiners.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF CERTAIN 
              PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF DECEASED PERSONS TAKEN BY OR FOR 
              MEDICAL EXAMINERS.

    Section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) copies, reproductions, or facsimiles of any 
        photograph, negative, or print, including instant photographs 
        and videotapes, of the body, or any portion of the body, of a 
        deceased person, taken by or for a medical examiner at the 
        scene of the person's death or in the course of a post mortem 
        examination or autopsy of the person made by or caused to be 
        made by a medical examiner.''.
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