§ 176a. — Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC176a]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 5--STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
Sec. 176a. Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau
Any statistical information furnished in confidence to the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce by individuals, corporations, and firms
shall be held to be confidential, and shall be used only for the
statistical purposes for which it is supplied. Except as provided in the
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of
2002, the Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall
not permit anyone other than the sworn employees of the Bureau to
examine such individual reports, nor shall he permit any statistics of
domestic commerce to be published in such manner as to reveal the
identity of the individual, corporation, or firm furnishing such data.
(Jan. 27, 1938, ch. 11, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 8; Pub. L. 107-347, title V,
Sec. 526(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2969.)
References in Text
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2002, referred to in text, is title V of Pub. L. 107-347, Dec.
17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2962, which enacted section 402 of Title 13, Census,
amended this section, and enacted provisions set out as a note under
section 3501 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-347 substituted ``Except as provided in the
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of
2002, the'' for ``The''.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 6274.
