Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 15 — Occupational Safety and Health
§ 664. Disclosure of trade secrets; protective orders
Statutory text
All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Secretary or his representative in connection with any inspection or proceeding under this chapter which contains or which might reveal a trade secret referred to in section 1905 of title 18 shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that section, except that such information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned with carrying out this chapter or when relevant in any proceeding under this chapter. In any such proceeding the Secretary, the Commission, or the court shall issue such orders as may be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.
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.
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–596 § 15 · 84 Stat. 1590
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 664
(Pub. L. 91–596, § 15, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1606.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–596, § 15, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1606.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 15. confidentiality of trade secrets All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Secretary or his representative in connection with any inspection or proceeding under this Act which contains or which might reveal a trade secret referred to in section 1905 of title 18 of the United States 62 Stat. 791. Code shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that section, except that such information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned with carrying out this Act or when relevant in any proceeding under this Act. In any such proceeding the Secretary, the Commission, or the court shall issue such orders as may be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.
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