((a)) ** Privacy Act** Nothing in this chapter may be construed as requiring the public disclosure of records or portions of records protected under (relating to the privacy of personal records).section 552a of title 5
((b)) ** Freedom of Information Act**
((1)) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no record (or portion thereof) shall be excluded from publication in the FRUS series under , or exempted from the declassification requirement of , solely by virtue of the application of (relating to the exemption of certain matters from freedom of information requirements).
((2)) Records described in (relating to visa records) shall be excluded from publication in the FRUS series under and, to the extent applicable, exempted from the declassification requirement of .