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Title 44, Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-110

§3583 Application to Access Data Assets for Developing Evidence

Title 44 › CHAPTER 35 — COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY › SUBCHAPTER III — CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND STATISTICAL EFFICIENCY › Part D — Access to Data for Evidence › § 3583

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must create one application process so agencies, the Congressional Budget Office, State, local, and Tribal governments, researchers, and others can ask to use data held by a statistical agency to build evidence. The process must be the same across agencies, use a single form, explain how decisions are made, set deadlines for quick decisions, include an appeal for denials or rule breaches, and require public posting of each application, its status, and the decision. The Director must talk with the public, agencies, State and local governments, and non‑government researchers while making the process. Each statistical agency head must put the process into action.

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Title 44, §3583

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(a)Standard Application Process.—
The Director shall establish a process through which agencies, the Congressional Budget Office, State, local, and Tribal governments, researchers, and other individuals, as appropriate, may apply to access the data assets accessed or acquired under this subchapter by a statistical agency or unit for purposes of developing evidence. The process shall include the following:
(1)Sufficient detail to ensure that each statistical agency or unit establishes an identical process.
(2)A common application form.
(3)Criteria for statistical agencies and units to determine whether to grant an applicant access to a data asset.
(4)Timeframes for prompt determinations by each statistical agency or unit.
(5)An appeals process for adverse decisions and noncompliance with the process established under this subsection.
(6)Standards for transparency, including requirements to make the following information publicly available:
(A)Each application received.
(B)The status of each application.
(C)The determination made for each application.
(D)Any other information, as appropriate, to ensure full transparency of the process established under this subsection.
(b)Consultation.—
In establishing the process required under subsection (a), the Director shall consult with stakeholders, including the public, agencies, State and local governments, and representatives of non-governmental researchers.
(c)Implementation.—
The head of each statistical agency or unit shall implement the process established under subsection (a).

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Jan. 14, 2019, see section 403 of Pub. L. 115–435, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2019 Amendment note under section 306 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

44 U.S.C. § 3583

Title 44, Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110