S.Amdt. 4441

SA 4441. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 536, insert the following:

SEC. 536A. INDEXING AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DECISIONS AND
OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ACTIONS OF
BOARDS FOR THE CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS.

Section 1552(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended
by section 536(a)(1) of this Act, is further amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs
(5) and (6), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph (4):
``(4)(A) The record of the votes of each board under this
section, and all other statements of findings, conclusions,
and recommendations made on final determinations of
applications by such board, shall be indexed and promptly
made available for public inspection. Any such matters after
November 1, 1996, shall also be available through an Internet
website of the Department or other electronic means.
``(B) Any documents made available for public inspection
pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be indexed in a usable and
concise form so as to enable the public to identify cases
similar in issue together with the circumstances under or
reasons for which the board concerned granted or denied
relief. Each index shall be published quarterly, and shall be
available for public inspection and distribution by sale
through an Internet Reading Room or other Internet website of
the Department.
``(C)(i) To the extent necessary to prevent a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, the following shall
be deleted from documents made available for public
inspection pursuant to subparagraph (A):
``(I) Identifying details of applicants and other persons.
``(II) Names, addresses, social security numbers, and
military service numbers.
``(III) Subject to clause (ii), other information that is
privileged or classified.
``(ii) Information that is privileged or classified may be
deleted pursuant to clause (i) from documents made available
for public inspection pursuant to subparagraph (A) only if a
written statement of the basis for such deletion is made
available for public inspection.
``(D) In a manner consistent with section 552a of title 5
(commonly referred to as the `Privacy Act of 1974'), a board
under this section may not disclosure to a third party any
information in or about an application to the board under
this section except pursuant to the written authorization of
the applicant or as otherwise authorized by law.''.
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