116 STAT. 2962
PUBLIC LAW 107–347—DEC. 17 2002
TITLE V—CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
PROTECTION AND STATISTICAL EFFI-
CIENCY
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Confidential Information Protec-
tion and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title:
(1) The term ‘‘agency’’ means any entity that falls within
the definition of the term ‘‘executive agency’’ as defined in
section 102 of title 31, United States Code, or ‘‘agency’’, as
defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
(2) The term ‘‘agent’’ means an individual—
(A)(i) who is an employee of a private organization
or a researcher affiliated with an institution of higher
learning (including a person granted special sworn status
by the Bureau of the Census under section 23(c) of title
13, United States Code), and with whom a contract or
other agreement is executed, on a temporary basis, by
an executive agency to perform exclusively statistical activi-
ties under the control and supervision of an officer or
employee of that agency;
(ii) who is working under the authority of a government
entity with which a contract or other agreement is executed
by an executive agency to perform exclusively statistical
activities under the control of an officer or employee of
that agency;
(iii) who is a self-employed researcher, a consultant,
a contractor, or an employee of a contractor, and with
whom a contract or other agreement is executed by an
executive agency to perform a statistical activity under
the control of an officer or employee of that agency; or
(iv) who is a contractor or an employee of a contractor,
and who is engaged by the agency to design or maintain
the systems for handling or storage of data received under
this title; and
(B) who agrees in writing to comply with all provisions
of law that affect information acquired by that agency.
(3) The term ‘‘business data’’ means operating and financial
data and information about businesses, tax-exempt organiza-
tions, and government entities.
(4) The term