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ments of 2007, specifically cites to this section; 
and 
‘‘(B)(i) requires that the matters be with-
held from the public in such a manner as to 
leave no discretion on the issue; or 
‘‘(ii) establishes particular criteria for 
withholding or refers to particular types of mat-
ters to be withheld;’’. 
SEC. 9. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANNUAL
REPORT
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
552(e)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
by striking ‘‘fiscal year and which’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year. Information in the report shall be ex-
pressed in terms of each principal component of the 
agency and for the agency overall, and’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting after 
the first comma the following, ‘‘the number of occa-
sions on which each statute was relied upon,’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after 
‘‘median’’ the following: ‘‘and average’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (E), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, based on the date on 
which each request was initially received by the 
agency’’; and 
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(5) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and 
(G) as subparagraphs (N) and (O), respectively, and 
inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(F) the average number of days for the agency 
to respond to requests beginning on the date on 
which each request was initially received by the 
agency, the median number of days for the agency 
to respond to such requests, and the range in num-
ber of days for the agency to respond to such re-
quests; 
‘‘(G) based on the number of business days that 
have elapsed since each request was initially received 
by the agency— 
‘‘(i) the number of requests for records to 
which the agency has responded with a deter-
mination within a period greater than 1 day 
and less than 201 days, stated in 20-day incre-
ments; 
‘‘(ii) the number of requests for records to 
which the agency has responded with a deter-
mination within a period greater than 200 days 
and less than 301 days; 
‘‘(iii) the number of requests for records to 
which the agency has responded with a deter-
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mination within a period greater than 300 days 
and less than 401 days; and 
‘‘(iv) the number of requests for records to 
which the agency has responded with a deter-
mination within a period greater than 400 days; 
‘‘(H) the average number of days for the agen-
cy to provide the granted information beginning on 
the date on which each request was initially received 
by the agency, the median number of days for the 
agency to provide the granted information, and the 
range in number of days for the agency to provide 
the granted information; 
‘‘(I) the median and average number of days 
for the agency to respond with a determination to 
administrative appeals based on the date on which 
each appeal was initially received by the agency; the 
highest number of business days taken by the agen-
cy to respond to an administrative appeal; and the 
lowest number of business days taken by the agency 
to respond to an administrative appeal; 
‘‘(J) data on the 10 active requests with the 
earliest filing dates pending at the agency, including 
the amount of time that has elapsed since each re-
quest was initially received by the agency; 
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