The Freedom of Information Act - 5 U.S.C. Section 552   -  Last Amended 2007

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This is the most current version of the Freedom of Information Act as of August 2009. The latest amendments were introduced in Public Law 110-175, passed December 31, 2007. Some amendments went into effect immediately, and some went into effect one year later (December 31, 2008).

-Jed Margolin

Sec. 552. Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

a) Each agency shall make available to the public information as follows:

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 (3)(A) Except with respect to the records made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, and except as provided in subparagraph (E), each agency, upon any request for records which (i) reasonably describes such records and (ii) is made in accordance with published rules stating the time, place, fees (if any), and procedures to be followed, shall make the records promptly available to any person.