A bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act to provide procedures for the processing of requests for confidential business information.
Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require agencies to promulgate regulations with regard to the procedures for: (1) designating certain business information confidential; and (2) handling requests for such confidential information.
Establishes guidelines for procedures to be followed when an agency is required to notify a submitter that a request has been made for information designated (or treated) as exempt by the submitter. Describes circumstances in which an agency is not required to notify a submitter.
Provides for de novo judicial review by a U.S. district court of an agency decision to withhold or disclose records. Directs the court to assess attorney's fees against a submitter where the submitter's reasons for withholding information were not substantially justified.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Government Operations. Report No: 99-832.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Government Operations. Report No: 99-832.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 432.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
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