Freedom of information act and amendments of 1974 (P. L. 93-502)
Subtitle: source book : legislative history, texts, and other documents
By: Committee on Government Operations, U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights; Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure
Contributors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure; United States
Series: Military legal resources
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 571
Subjects: United States; Freedom of information
Description: H.R. 12471, commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments of 1974 (Pub.L.No.93-502, 88 Stat. 1561), was enacted into law on November 21, 1974. These amendments effected the first substantive changes to the FOIA since its initial enactment in 1966 (Pub.L.No.89-487). This committee print contains the text of documents comprising the legislative history of this law, including House and Senate committee reports and House and Senate Floor debate. It also contains U.S. Department of Justice memoranda regarding implementation of the Act by executive departments and agencies, as well as analyses prepared by the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service and committee staff. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, chaired by Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts), prepared this document jointly with the U.S. House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, chaired by Representative Bella Abzug (New York). Senator James O. Eastland (Mississippi) chaired the full Senate committee and Representative Jack Brooks (Texas) chaired the full House committee.
Notes: At head of title: 94th Congress, 1st session. Joint committee print.

"March 1975."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 2006] (Military legal resources). Digitized image of the original.