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Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

By: Ed Markey
By: Ed Markey
Date: June 30, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation

TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006 -- (House of Representatives - June 30, 2005)

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Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.

The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Shimkus). The Clerk will designate the amendment.

The text of the amendment is as follows:

Amendment offered by Mr. Markey:

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:

SEC. 948. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of June 29, 2005, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg) each will control 5 minutes.

The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey).

Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Chairman, I would just briefly explain the intent of this amendment.

Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. MARKEY. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.

Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Chairman, I would be happy to accept the gentleman's amendment.

Mr. MARKEY. If I may explain what the amendment is before the gentleman accepts it?

Mr. KNOLLENBERG. We know what it is; but if the gentleman wants to take a moment or two, yes.

Mr. MARKEY. Reclaiming my time, I will take just a moment.

There has been a recent wave of massive privacy breaches that has highlighted the need to reaffirm the principles of the Privacy Act. This week the IRS announced that they are going to have a $20 million contract with ChoicePoint, the same company involved in a massive privacy breach in its operations in February of 2005. This reminder of the potential compromise of information is, of course, very necessary if the IRS is going to contract with ChoicePoint, with the very sensitive information of Americans.

So this amendment restates the importance of the Privacy Act being implemented. I ask the House to adopt this amendment.

Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

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