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[CITE: 22USC4355]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
  CHAPTER 53B--FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORICAL SERIES
 
Sec. 4355. Relationship to Privacy Act and Freedom of 
        Information Act
        

(a) Privacy Act

    Nothing in this chapter may be construed as requiring the public 
disclosure of records or portions of records protected under section 
552a of title 5 (relating to the privacy of personal records).

(b) Freedom of Information Act

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no record (or portion 
thereof) shall be excluded from publication in the FRUS series under 
section 4353 of this title, or exempted from the declassification 
requirement of section 4354 of this title, solely by virtue of the 
application of section 552(b) of title 5 (relating to the exemption of 
certain matters from freedom of information requirements).
    (2) Records described in section 1202(f) of title 8 (relating to 
visa records) shall be excluded from publication in the FRUS series 
under section 4353 of this title and, to the extent applicable, exempted 
from the declassification requirement of section 4354 of this title.

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title IV, Sec. 405, as added Pub. L. 102-138, 
title I, Sec. 198(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 688.)
