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2001 U.S. Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 5 - STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
Sec. 176a - Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 5 - STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
Sec. 176a - Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau
Containssection 176a
Date2001
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 22, 2002
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJan. 27, 1938, ch. 11, §1, 52 Stat. 8.
Statutes at Large Reference52 Stat. 8

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§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. 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, §1, 52 Stat. 8.)

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.

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