§ 317.71 - Exemption rules.

(a) General procedures. This section provides guidance for establishing exemptions for systems of records.

(b) Content of exemption rules. (1) Each proposed exemption rule submitted for publication in the Federal Register must contain:

(i) The agency identification and name of the record system for which an exemption will be established.

(ii) The subsection(s) of the Privacy Act which grants the agency authority to claim an exemption for the system (e.g., subsection (k)(2) or (k)(5) of the Privacy Act).

(iii) The particular subsection(s) of the Privacy Act which the system will be exempt from (e.g., subsections (c)(3), (d)(1)-(5) of the Privacy Act); and

(iv) The reasons why an exemption from the particular subsection identified in the preceding subparagraph is being claimed.