[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR1101.2]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                      MEXICO, UNITED STATES SECTION
 
PART 1101_PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1101.2  Definitions.

    For the purpose of these regulations:
    (a) Act means the Privacy Act of 1974.
    (b) Agency is defined to include any executive department, military 
department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation or 
other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including 
the Executive Office of the President, or any independent regulatory 
agency) (5 U.S.C. 552)).
    (c) Commission means the International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico.
    (d) Commissioner means head of the United States Section, 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.
    (e) Individual means a citizen of the United States or an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
    (f) Maintain includes maintain, collect, use, or disseminate.
    (g) Record means any item, collection, or grouping of information 
about an individual that is maintained by an agency, including, but not 
limited to, his education, financial transactions, medical history, and 
criminal or employment history and that contains his name, or the 
identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to 
the individual, such as a finger or voice print or a photograph.
    (h) Routine use means, with respect to the disclosure of a record, 
the use of such record for a purpose which is compatible with the 
purpose for which it is collected.
    (i) Section means the United States Section, International Boundary 
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.
    (j) Statistical record means a record in a system of records 
maintained for statistical research or reporting purposes only and not 
used in whole or in part in making any determination about an 
identifiable individual, except as provided by 13 U.S.C. 8 (Census 
data).
    (k) System of records means a group of any records under the control 
of any agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the 
individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying 
particular assigned to the individual.