44 U.S.C. § 3562 — Coordination and oversight of policies

(a) The Director^* must coordinate and oversee policies under this subchapter about confidentiality and disclosure. The Director may issue rules or guidance for consistent interpretation, must create a process for designating statistical agencies and units, and must issue guidance with specific designation criteria and transparent methods. (b) Subject to subsection (c), agencies may issue rules implementing this subchapter. The agency^* that originally collected information must issue rules for disclosures authorized by this subchapter. (c) The Director must review proposed agency rules for consistency with this chapter, and the Director must approve them. (d) Reports. (1) Each agency head must give the Director reports and other information requested. (2) Each Designated Statistical Agency must report each year to the Director, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about actions implementing section 3576, including copies of each written agreement under section 3576(c)(1) for that year. (3) The Director must include a summary of these reports and the Director's actions advancing this subchapter in the annual statistical-program report to Congress under section 3504(e)(2).