§ 529. Public availability of information

• (a) Not later than the 15th day of each month, the Commandant shall make available to the public on the website of the Coast Guard the number of drug and person interdictions carried out by the Coast Guard during the preceding month.
• (b) In making information about interdictions publicly available under subsection (a), the Commandant shall include a description of the following:
  • (1) The number of incidents in which drugs were interdicted, the amount and type of drugs interdicted, and the Coast Guard sectors and geographic areas of responsibility in which such incidents occurred.
  • (2) The number of incidents in which persons were interdicted, the number of persons interdicted, the number of those persons who were unaccompanied minors, and the Coast Guard sectors and geographic areas of responsibility in which such incidents occurred.
• (c) Nothing in this provision shall be construed to require the Coast Guard to collect the information described in subsection (b), and nothing in this provision shall be construed to require the Commandant to publicly release confidential, classified, law enforcement sensitive, or otherwise protected information.