2012 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 5 - STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION (§§ 171 - 198)
Section 176a - Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 5 - STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION Sec. 176a - Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau |
| Contains | section 176a |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Jan. 27, 1938, ch. 11, §1, 52 Stat. 8; Pub. L. 107-347, title V, §526(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2969. |
| Statutes at Large References | 52 Stat. 8 116 Stat. 2969, 2962 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 107-347 |
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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, §1, 52 Stat. 8; Pub. L. 107–347, title V, §526(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2969.)
References in TextThe 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.
Amendments2002—Pub. L. 107–347 substituted “Except as provided in the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, the” for “The”.
Transfer of FunctionsFor transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.
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