§ 8. — Authenticated transcripts or copies of certain returns; other data; restriction on use; disposition of fees received.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 13USC8]
TITLE 13--CENSUS
CHAPTER 1--ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8. Authenticated transcripts or copies of certain returns;
other data; restriction on use; disposition of fees received
(a) The Secretary may, upon written request, furnish to any
respondent, or to the heir, successor, or authorized agent of such
respondent, authenticated transcripts or copies of reports (or portions
thereof) containing information furnished by, or on behalf of, such
respondent in connection with the surveys and census provided for in
this title, upon payment of the actual or estimated cost of searching
the records and furnishing such transcripts or copies.
(b) Subject to the limitations contained in sections 6(c) and 9 of
this title, the Secretary may furnish copies of tabulations and other
statistical materials which do not disclose the information reported by,
or on behalf of, any particular respondent, and may make special
statistical compilations and surveys, for departments, agencies, and
establishments of the Federal Government, the government of the District
of Columbia, the government of any possession or area (including
political subdivisions thereof) referred to in section 191(a) of this
title, State or local agencies, or other public and private persons and
agencies, upon payment of the actual or estimated cost of such work. In
the case of nonprofit agencies or organizations, the Secretary may
engage in joint statistical projects, the purpose of which are otherwise
authorized by law, but only if the cost of such projects are shared
equitably, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) In no case shall information furnished under this section be
used to the detriment of any respondent or other person to whom such
information relates, except in the prosecution of alleged violations of
this title.
(d) All moneys received in payment for work or services enumerated
under this section shall be deposited in a separate account which may be
used to pay directly the costs of such work or services, to repay
appropriations which initially bore all or part of such costs, or to
refund excess sums when necessary.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1013; Pub. L. 85-207, Sec. 4, Aug.
28, 1957, 71 Stat. 481; Pub. L. 94-521, Sec. 6(a), Oct. 17, 1976, 90
Stat. 2460.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., Sec. 218, and section 1442 of
title 42, U.S.C., 1952 ed., The Public Health and Welfare (June 18,
1929, ch. 28, Sec. 18, 46 Stat. 25; July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title VI,
Sec. 607, 63 Stat. 441).
Section consolidates section 218 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., with
that part of subsection (b) of section 1442 of title 42, U.S.C., 1952
ed., which made such section 218 applicable to the censuses of housing.
For remainder of such section 1442 of title 42 (which has been
transferred in its entirety to this revised title), see Distribution
Table.
References to the Secretary, meaning the Secretary of Commerce, were
substituted for references to the Director of the Census, to conform
with 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 5, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15
F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263. See Revision Note to section 4 of this title.
For the same reason, a reference in section 218 of title 13, U.S.C.,
1952 ed., to the Bureau of the Census was changed, in subsection (e) of
this revised section to ``Department of Commerce or any bureau or agency
thereof''.
Changes were made in phraseology and arrangement.
Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-521 substituted ``Authenticated transcripts or
copies'' for ``Certified copies'' in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-521 substituted provision that the Secretary
may furnish to any respondent, or the successor or authorized agent of
such respondent, transcripts or copies of reports containing information
furnished in connection with the surveys and census, upon payment of the
necessary costs, for provision that authorized the Secretary, in his
discretion, to furnish the Governors of States and Territories, courts
of record, and individuals, data for genealogical and other proper
purposes, from the population, agriculture, and housing schedules
prepared under the authority of subchapter II of chapter 5 of this
title, upon payment of the necessary costs, plus one dollar for
supplying a certificate.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-521 inserted provision subjecting the
Secretary to the limitations contained in sections 6(c) and 9 of this
title, when furnishing statistical materials under this section,
substituted ``copies of tabulations and other statistical materials''
for ``transcripts or copies of tables and other census records'',
inserted provision that materials furnished under this section may not
disclose information reported by, or on behalf of, a particular
respondent, and substituted a provision enumerating the public and
private establishments and individuals, on behalf of whom, special
statistical compilations may be conducted for provision that such
compilations may be conducted on behalf of State or local officials,
private concerns, or individuals.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-521 struck out ``the authority of'' after
``furnished under'', substituted ``any respondent or other person'' for
``the persons'', and inserted ``except in the prosecution of alleged
violations of this title'' after ``relates,''.
1957--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-207, Sec. 4(a), inserted sentence at
end respecting engagement in joint statistical projects.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 85-207, Sec. 4(b), required the deposit in a
separate account of moneys received in payment for work or services,
previously credited to an appropriation for collecting statistics, and
permitted certain uses of such account.
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 94-521 effective Oct. 17, 1976, see section 17
of Pub. L. 94-521, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 9 of this title; title 5
section 552a; title 8 sections 1255a, 1367.
