Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 5 — Statistical and Commercial Information
§ 176a. Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau
Statutory text
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 subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, 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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 75–11 § 1 · 52 Stat. 8
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 176a
Jan. 27, 1938, ch. 11, § 1, 52 Stat. 8
Source evidence
Code source credit
Jan. 27, 1938, ch. 11, § 1, 52 Stat. 8Pub. L. 107–347 title V § 526(a) · 116 Stat. 2899
Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 176a
Pub. L. 107–347 substituted “Except as provided in the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, the” for “The”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 107–347 substituted “Except as provided in the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, the” for “The”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Department of Commerce.— Section 1 of the Act of 44 USC 3501 note. January 27, 1938 (15 U.S.C. 176a) is amended by striking “The” and inserting “Except as provided in the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, the”.Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–435 title III § 302(c)(4) · 132 Stat. 5529
Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 176a
Pub. L. 115–435 substituted “subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44” for “the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–435 substituted “subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44” for “the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(4) Act of january 27, 1938.— The first section of the Act of January 27, 1938, entitled “An Act to make confidential certain information furnished to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and for other purposes” (52 Stat. 8, chapter 11; 15 U.S.C. 176a), is amended by striking “the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002” and inserting “subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–435 effective 180 days after Jan. 14, 2019, see section 403 of Pub. L. 115–435, set out as a note under section 306 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments2002–2019 · 2 rounds
2019
Pub. L. 115–435 substituted “subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44” for “the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002”.
2002
Pub. L. 107–347 substituted “Except as provided in the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, the” for “The”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2019 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–435 effective 180 days after , see section 403 of Pub. L. 115–435, set out as a note under section 306 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Transitional and Savings Provisions
For transitional and savings provisions related to the amendment of this section and other provisions of law by title III of Pub. L. 115–435, see section 302(d) of Pub. L. 115–435, set out as a note under section 3561 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, see note set out under section 172 of this title.
Credits
1938–2019 · 3 acts
- 1938Jan. 27, 1938, ch. 11, § 1, 52 Stat. 8
- 2002Pub. L. 107–347, title V, § 526(a), , 116 Stat. 2969
- 2019Pub. L. 115–435, title III, § 302(c)(4), , 132 Stat. 5553.
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(Jan. 27, 1938, ch. 11, § 1, 52 Stat. 8; Pub. L. 107–347, title V, § 526(a), , 116 Stat. 2969; Pub. L. 115–435, title III, § 302(c)(4), , 132 Stat. 5553.)