H.R. 338: Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2003-01-27 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-01-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004

Plain summary

Defense of Privacy Act - Requires Federal agencies: (1) when publishing a general notice of proposed rulemaking for any proposed rule or for an interpretative rule involving the internal revenue laws, to prepare, make available for public comment, and publish an initial analysis describing the rule's impact on the privacy of individuals; and (2) when promulgating the final rule, to prepare, make publicly available, and publish a final privacy impact analysis that includes a summary of the significant issues raised by and changes made pursuant to public comments on the initial analysis. Requires the head of an agency promulgating a rule that may have a significant privacy impact on individuals or on a substantial number of individuals to use specified techniques to assure that individuals have been given an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking. Requires each agency to: (1) carry out a periodic review of promulgated rules that have such impact to determine whether each such rule can be amended or rescinded in a manner that minimizes such impact while remaining in accordance with applicable statutes; (2) carry out such review in accordance with a plan that provides for the review of each rule every ten years after the rule was published as a final rule; and (3) publish annually a list of the rules to be reviewed. Sets forth provisions governing judicial review of agency compliance with this Act.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 338, Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004 (2004-07-02); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 338, Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2004 (2004-07-02)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Public comment: A chance for anyone to tell a government agency what they think about a proposed rule or plan before it is final. Agencies must consider the comments they receive.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
Statute: A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr338.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr338 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108