[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18161-18162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9505]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Privacy Act; Systems of Records; General Routine Uses

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Establishment of General Routine Use.

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SUMMARY: DOT establishes under the Privacy Act of 1974 a General 
Routine Use applicable to all DOT systems of records to facilitate 
implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.

DATES: This use takes effect May 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert I. Ross, Office of the General 
Counsel, C-10, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590, 
telephone (202) 366-9156, FAX (202) 366-9170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act 
(Pub. L. 103-159, November 30, 1993) provides for a National Instant 
Criminal Background Check System that a firearms licensee must contact 
before transferring any firearm to a nonlicensed individual, in order 
to determine whether that nonlicensed individual is disqualified from 
receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm. DOT, as an 
agency of the Federal Government, is required by the statute to provide 
to the Attorney General of the United States, upon request, any 
information that it possesses that indicates that a person may be 
prohibited by the statute from receiving, possessing, shipping, or 
transporting a firearm. Inter-agency transfers of information of this 
type are regulated by the Privacy Act. To facilitate compliance with 
the Brady Act and provide additional notice to the public, DOT is 
establishing a Routine Use Number 10, applicable to all of its Privacy 
Act Systems of Records. Public comment was invited (February 6, 1997; 
62 FR 5663), but none was received, and the proposed Routine Use is 
being published without change. Accordingly, DOT establishes General 
Routine Use Number 10, to read as follows:

Department of Transportation

General Routine Uses Under the Privacy Act of 1974

    The following routine uses apply, except where otherwise noted or 
where obviously not appropriate, to each system of records maintained 
by the Department of Transportation (DOT).
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    10. It shall be a routine use of the information in any DOT system 
of records to provide to the Attorney General of the United States, or 
his/her designee, information indicating that a person meets any of the 
disqualifications for receipt, possession, shipment, or transport of a 
firearm under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. In case of a 
dispute concerning the validity of the information provided by DOT to 
the Attorney General, or his/her designee, it shall be a routine use of 
the information in any DOT system of records to make any disclosures of 
such information to the National Background Information Check System, 
established by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, as may be 
necessary to resolve such dispute.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 1, 1997.
Michael P. Huerta,
Associate Deputy Secretary, Acting Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-9505 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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