[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4932]
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SA 5557. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1077. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN VESSEL MANIFESTS.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 431(c) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431(c)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(2)(A) The information listed in paragraph (1) shall not
be available for public disclosure if--
``(i) the Secretary of the Treasury makes an affirmative
finding on a shipment-by-shipment basis that disclosure is
likely to pose a threat of personal injury or property
damage; or
``(ii) the information is exempt under the provisions of
section 552(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code.
``(B) The Secretary shall ensure that any personally
identifiable information, including Social Security numbers
and passport numbers, is removed from any manifest signed,
produced, delivered, or electronically transmitted under this
section before access to the manifest is provided to the
public.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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