§ 1155. — General standards and limitations; preservation of security classification.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1155]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 23--DISSEMINATION OF TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING
INFORMATION
Sec. 1155. General standards and limitations; preservation of
security classification
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary
shall respect and preserve the security classification of any scientific
or technical information, data, patents, inventions, or discoveries in,
or coming into, the possession or control of the Department of Commerce,
the classified status of which the President or his designee or
designees certify as being essential in the interest of national
defense, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as modifying or
limiting any other statute relating to the classification of information
for reasons of national defense or security.
(Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 936, Sec. 5, 64 Stat. 824.)
