2 U.S.C. § 603 : US Code - Section 603: Public access to budget data

Search 2 U.S.C. § 603 : US Code - Section 603: Public access to budget data

(a) Right to copy
Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this
section, the Director shall make all information, data, estimates,
and statistics obtained under section 601(d) and (e) of this title
available for public copying during normal business hours, subject
to reasonable rules and regulations, and shall to the extent
practicable, at the request of any person, furnish a copy of any
such information, data, estimates, or statistics upon payment by
such person of the cost of making and furnishing such copy.
(b) Index
The Director shall develop and maintain filing, coding, and
indexing systems that identify the information, data, estimates,
and statistics to which subsection (a) of this section applies and
shall make such systems available for public use during normal
business hours.
(c) Exceptions
Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to information,
data, estimates, and statistics - 
(1) which are specifically exempted from disclosure by law; or
(2) which the Director determines will disclose - 
(A) matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of
national defense or the confidential conduct of the foreign
relations of the United States;
(B) information relating to trade secrets or financial or
commercial information pertaining specifically to a given
person if the information has been obtained by the Government
on a confidential basis, other than through an application by
such person for a specific financial or other benefit, and is
required to be kept secret in order to prevent undue injury to
the competitive position of such person; or
(C) personnel or medical data or similar data the disclosure
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy;
unless the portions containing such matters, information, or data
have been excised.
(d) Information obtained for committees and Members
Subsection (a) of this section shall apply to any information,
data, estimates, and statistics obtained at the request of any
committee, joint committee, or Member unless such committee, joint
committee, or Member has instructed the Director not to make such
information, data, estimates, or statistics available for public
copying.
(e) Level of confidentiality
With respect to information, data, estimates, and statistics
obtained under sections 601(d) and 601(e) of this title, the
Director shall maintain the same level of confidentiality as is
required by law of the department, agency, establishment, or
regulatory agency or commission from which it is obtained. Officers
and employees of the Congressional Budget Office shall be subject
to the same statutory penalties for unauthorized disclosure or use
as officers or employees of the department, agency, establishment,
or regulatory agency or commission from which it is obtained.