SEC. 2. PRIVACY ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED RULES.
Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in section 603(b)—
(A) by striking the period in paragraph (5)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6) a description and assessment of the extent
to which the proposed rule will impact the privacy
interests of individuals and nongovernmental organi-
zations.’’;
(2) in section 604(a)—
(A) by striking the final ‘‘and’’ in para-
graph (4);
(B) by striking the final period in para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6) a description of the steps the agency has
taken to minimize the privacy impact on individuals
and nongovernmental organizations, including a
statement of the factual, policy, and legal reasons
for selecting the alternative adopted in the final rule
and why each one of the other significant alter-
natives to the rule considered by the agency which
affect the privacy interests of individuals and non-
governmental organizations was rejected.’’;
(3) in section 605—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(other than subsection
(b)(5))’’ after ‘‘603’’ in subsection (b);
(B) by inserting ‘‘(other than subsection
(a)(6))’’ after ‘‘604’’ in subsection (b);
(C) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e);
(D) by designating the final two sentences
of subsection (b) as subsection (d);
(E) in subsection (d) (as designated by
subparagraph (D))—
(i) by striking ‘‘the preceding sen-
tence’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b) or
(c)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting
‘‘If the head of the agency makes a certifi-
cation under subsection (b), the’’; and
(F) by inserting after subsection (b) the
following new subsection (c):
‘‘(c) Sections 603(b)(5) and 604(a)(6) of this title
shall not apply to any proposed or final rule if the head
of the agency certifies that the rule will not, if promul-
gated, have an impact on the privacy interests of individ-
uals or nongovernmental organizations.’’; and
(4) in section 610, by inserting ‘‘or which have
a significant impact on the privacy interests of a
substantial number of individuals or nongovern-
mental organizations’’ after ‘‘small entities’’ each
place it occurs.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code is
amended—
(1) in section 601(6), by striking the final
‘‘and’’;
(2) in section 601(7)(B), by striking the final
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’
(3) in section 601(8), by striking ‘‘RECORD-
KEEPING
REQUIREMENT.—The’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘the’’;
(4) in section 602(a)(2), by striking the comma
before the final ‘‘and’’ and inserting a semicolon;
(5) in section 609(a), by striking ‘‘through
techniques such’’ and inserting ‘‘through the reason-
able use of techniques such’’;
(6) in section 609(b) (4) and (5), by striking
‘‘subsections 603(b), paragraphs (3), (4) and (5)
and 603(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 603(b) (3), (4),
and (5), and 603(c)’’;
(7) in section 609(c), by striking ‘‘subsection
605(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 605(b)’’; and
(8) in section 612(a), by striking ‘‘to the Com-
mittees’’ and all that follows through ‘‘House of
Representatives’’, and inserting ‘‘to the Committees
on the Judiciary and Small Business of the Senate
and House of Representatives’’.
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