16 CFR § 1015.12 - Disclosure to Congress.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1015.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1015.12 - Disclosure to Congress."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1015.12"
section_name: "Disclosure to Congress."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1015"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OR PRODUCTION OF INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2051-2084; 15 U.S.C. 1261-1278; 15 U.S.C. 1471-1476; 15 U.S.C. 1211-1214; 15 U.S.C. 1191-1204; 15 U.S.C. 8001-8008; Pub. L. 110-278, 122 Stat. 2602; 5 U.S.C. 552."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 10490, Feb. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1015"
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# 1015.12 Disclosure to Congress.
(a) All records of the Commission shall be disclosed to Congress upon a request made by the chairman or ranking minority member of a committee or subcommittee of Congress acting pursuant to committee business and having jurisdiction over the matter about which information is requested.
(b) An individual member of Congress who requests a record for his or her personal use or on behalf of any constituent shall be subject to the same rules that apply to members of the general public.
[42 FR 10490, Feb. 22, 1977, as amended at 52 FR 45632, Dec. 1, 1987; 53 FR 3868, Feb. 10, 1988]