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An officer or employee may not make any document identifying the movant available for public inspection

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

An officer or employee may not make any document identifying the movant available for public inspection

The document says “may notWho acts: Federal officers, Federal employeesHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“An officer or employee may not make available for public inspection any report, paper, picture, photograph, court file, or other document, in the custody or possession of the officer or employee, that identifies the movant.”

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, Sec. 2

A second bar, running against the people who hold the records rather than the file itself. An officer or employee may not make available for public inspection any report, paper, picture, photograph, court file or other document in their custody or possession that identifies the movant. The section takes "officer" and "employee" from the meanings given in section 2105 of title 5.

What the document actually says

“An officer or employee may not make available for public inspection any report, paper, picture, photograph, court file, or other document, in the custody or possession of the officer or employee, that identifies the movant.”

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

A worker for the government must not let the public see any file that names the person. That covers papers, photos, and court files.

What this is about

This is a second lock on the same door. The first keeps the file sealed. This one binds the people who hold it.

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