A bill to provide for data-mining reports to Congress.
Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2003 - Requires the head of each Federal department or agency that is engaged in any activity to use or develop data-mining technology to report annually to Congress on all such activities.
Defines "data-mining" as a query, search, or other analysis of one or more electronic databases, where: (1) at least one of the databases was obtained from or remains under the control of a non-Federal entity, or the information was acquired initially by another Federal department or agency for purposes other than intelligence or law enforcement; (2) the search does not use a specific individual's personal identifiers to acquire information concerning that individual; and (3) a Federal department or agency is conducting the query, search, or other analysis to find a pattern indicating terrorist or other criminal activity.
Mandates annual updates, including any new data-mining technologies.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10672)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10672-10673)
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