93D CONGRESS SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia JOHN V. TUNNEY, California ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania STROM THURMOND, South Ca MARLOW W. COOK, Kentucky CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida JOHN H. HOLLOMAN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEI EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts, Chairman CONTENTS I. Administration of the Freedom of Information Act (H. Rept. 9 II. Special Analysis of Operations of the Freedom of Information A Prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Co gress; Congressional Record, March 23, 1972. III. A. The Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1974 (P.L. 9 502): A History of the Legislative Proceedings. Prepared by t Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress - B. Freedom of Information Act Amendments Conference Note Prepared by the staff of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Administrative Practice and Procedure; informal notes meetings of House-Senate conferees on the 1974 amendments IV. Amending Section 552 of Title 5, United States Code, Known as t Freedom of Information Act (H. Rept. 93-876), March 5, 197 House report on H.R. 12471, House version of 1974 amendment VI. Freedom of Information Act Amendments (H. Rept. 93-1380; al VII. House and Senate Debate on 1974 Freedom of Information A Amendments; excerpts from the Congressional Record (dai A. House debate and vote, March 14, 1974; pp. H1787-H180 B. Senate debate and votes, May 30, 1974; pp. S9310-S9343- C. Senate action on conference report, October 1, 1974; p S17828-S17830 and S17971-S17972. D. House action and vote on conference report, October 7, 197 E. Preliminary House action on Presidential veto, November 1 F. House action and vote on Presidential veto, November Appendix 1.-Vetoing H.R. 12471, To Amend Freedom of Information A A Message from the President of the United States (H. Doc. 93-383 Appendix 2.-Texts and Legislative History Reference of: (I) P.L. 89-48 Freedom of Information Act of 1966 Amending Section 3 of the A ministrative Procedure Act; (II) P.L. 90-23, To Codify the Provisio Appendix 3.-P.L. 93-502, An Act to Amend section 552 of title 5, Unit States Code, Known as the Freedom of Information Act, November 2 1974; text of 1974 Amendments__ Appendix 4.—Full text of the Freedom of Information Act, as Amended Appendix 5.-Attorney General's Memorandum on the 1974 Amendmen (VII) PREFACE This compilation of materials relating to the legislative history of Public Law 93-502, the 1974 Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), summarizes the 3-year investigative and legislative efforts to strengthen and improve the operation of the Act. These efforts were undertaken by the two subcommittees having jurisdiction over the Freedom of Information Act-the Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations and the Administrative Practice and Procedure Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. With invaluable assistance from Dr. Harold C. Relyea, of the Government and General Research Division, Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress, the staffs of the House and Senate subcommittees have prepared the attached material, which consolidates the various reports, debates, and other documents relating to the 1974 amendments, the first substantive changes to the law since its original enactment in 1966. During the investigative and legislative efforts of the House subcommittee, Dr. Relyea assisted in the analysis of Federal agency data on the administration of the Freedom of Information Act, attended hearings, staff meetings, mark-up sessions, and the conference proceedings. His significant contribution is gratefully acknowledged. It is hoped that this material will be useful to the many thousands of Americans interested in the Freedom of Information law-journalism students, law students, public interest groups, governmental officials, and others who are concerned with advancing the public's right to know under our representative system of government. (IX) |