Sec. 10. Access to information
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Title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ( 48 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 319 (as added by section 9 of this Act), the following: Any document, record, or information relating to the public debt of Puerto Rico or any of its territorial instrumentalities, including any document relating to any public offering, contract, agreement, order, or report detailing how funds obtained are spent, or contract or agreements with a creditor, shall be— classified as a public document; and made accessible to any interested person. Any claim of confidentiality relating to information described in subsection
(a)by any person, including any entity, current or past official of Puerto Rico, or current or past official of the Oversight Board for Puerto Rico shall be construed narrowly in favor of promoting transparency and the right of the public to that information. On complaint, the United States District Court for the district of Puerto Rico shall have jurisdiction to enjoin the Oversight Board for Puerto Rico or any local agency from withholding agency records and to order the production of any agency records improperly withheld from the complainant. In such a case, the District Court shall determine the matter de novo and may examine the contents of such agency records in camera to determine whether the records, in whole or in part, should be withheld under any exemption set forth in section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act ). The Oversight Board for Puerto Rico or a local agency shall bear the burden of proving that an exemption applies. The District Court’s jurisdiction over these matters shall be nonexclusive and without prejudice to any remedies provided under local law. The United States District Court for the district of Puerto Rico may assess against the Oversight Board of Puerto Rico or a relevant local agency reasonable attorney fees and other costs reasonably incurred in any case under this section in which the complainant obtained any relief through either— a judicial order or an enforceable written agreement or consent decree; or a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the agency, if the complainant’s claim is not insubstantial. . The table of contents of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ( 48 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 319 the following: Sec. 320. Access to information relating to public debt of Puerto Rico. .
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