§ 4355. — Relationship to Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4355]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 53B--FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORICAL SERIES
Sec. 4355. Relationship to Privacy Act and Freedom of
Information Act
(a) Privacy Act
Nothing in this chapter may be construed as requiring the public
disclosure of records or portions of records protected under section
552a of title 5 (relating to the privacy of personal records).
(b) Freedom of Information Act
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no record (or portion
thereof) shall be excluded from publication in the FRUS series under
section 4353 of this title, or exempted from the declassification
requirement of section 4354 of this title, solely by virtue of the
application of section 552(b) of title 5 (relating to the exemption of
certain matters from freedom of information requirements).
(2) Records described in section 1202(f) of title 8 (relating to
visa records) shall be excluded from publication in the FRUS series
under section 4353 of this title and, to the extent applicable, exempted
from the declassification requirement of section 4354 of this title.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title IV, Sec. 405, as added Pub. L. 102-138,
title I, Sec. 198(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 688.)
