(E) being prepared to document their com-
pliance with safeguard principles to other agen-
cies authorized by law to monitor such compli-
ance. 
SEC. 204. SHARING OF BUSINESS DATA AMONG DES-
IGNATED STATISTICAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A Designated Statistical Agency 
may provide business data in an identifiable form to an-
other Designated Statistical Agency under the terms of a 
written agreement among the agencies sharing the business 
data that specifies—
(1) the business data to be shared; 
(2) the statistical purposes for which the business 
data are to be used; 
(3) the officers, employees, and agents authorized 
to examine the business data to be shared; and 
(4) appropriate security procedures to safeguard 
the confidentiality of the business data. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES UNDER OTHER 
LAWS.—The provision of business data by an agency to a 
Designated Statistical Agency under this title shall in no 
way alter the responsibility of the agency providing the 
data under other statutes (including section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code (popularly known as the Freedom of 
Information Act), and section 552b of title 5, United States
Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act of 1974)) with 
respect to the provision or withholding of such information 
by the agency providing the data. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND 
AGENTS.—Examination of business data in identifiable 
form shall be limited to the officers, employees, and agents 
authorized to examine the individual reports in accordance 
with written agreements pursuant to this section. Officers, 
employees, and agents of a Designated Statistical Agency 
who receive data pursuant to this title shall be subject to 
all provisions of law, including penalties, that relate—
(1) to the unlawful provision of the business data 
that would apply to the officers, employees, and 
agents of the agency that originally obtained the in-
formation; and 
(2) to the unlawful disclosure of the business 
data that would apply to officers, employees, and 
agents of the agency that originally obtained the in-
formation. 
(d) NOTICE.—Whenever a written agreement concerns 
data that respondents were required by law to report and 
the respondents were not informed that the data could be 
shared among the Designated Statistical Agencies, for exclu-
sively statistical purposes, the terms of such agreement shall 
be described in a public notice issued by the agency that
intends to provide the data. Such notice shall allow a min-
imum of 60 days for public comment. 
SEC. 205. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF BUSINESS DATA PRO-
VIDED BY DESIGNATED STATISTICAL AGEN-
CIES. 
(a) USE, GENERALLY.—Business data provided by a 
Designated Statistical Agency pursuant to this title shall 
be used exclusively for statistical purposes. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—Publication of business data ac-
quired by a Designated Statistical Agency shall occur in 
a manner whereby the data furnished by any particular 
respondent are not in identifiable form. 
SEC. 206. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.—Section 1 of the 
Act of January 27, 1938 (15 U.S.C. 176a) is amended by 
striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in the 
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Effi-
ciency Act of 2002, the’’. 
(b) TITLE 13.—Chapter 10 of title 13, United States 
Code, is amended—
(1) by adding after section 401 the following: 
‘‘§ 402. Providing business data to Designated Statis-
tical Agencies 
‘‘The Bureau of the Census may provide business data 
to the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (‘Designated Statistical Agencies’) if such 
information is required for an authorized statistical pur-
pose and the provision is the subject of a written agreement 
with that Designated Statistical Agency, or their successors, 
as defined in the Confidential Information Protection and 
Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002.’’; and 
(2) in the table of sections for the chapter by 
adding after the item relating to section 401 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘402. Providing business data to Designated Statistical Agencies.’’.
Calendar No. 486
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5215
[Report No. 107–778] 
A BILL 
To protect the confidentiality of information ac-
quired from the public for statistical purposes, 
and to permit the exchange of business data 
among designated statistical agencies for statis-
tical purposes only. 
NOVEMBER 13, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed