§401 — Title 13 Census | U.S. Code

Summary

The Census Bureau must share with the Bureau of Economic Analysis (in the Commerce Department) any information it collected under the census law and the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act about businesses operating in the United States, if the Commerce Secretary says the data will help improve BEA’s survey results. The Census can only give answers it collected directly from respondents. The director who asks for the data must make the request in writing and certify the information will be used only for statistical work to improve those surveys. The terms “business enterprise” and “United States” are defined in section 3 of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

Title 13, §401

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(a)The Bureau of the Census shall exchange with the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce information collected under this title, and under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act, that pertains to any business enterprise that is operating in the United States, if the Secretary of Commerce determines such information is appropriate to augment and improve the quality of data collected under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. Information provided to the Bureau of Economic Analysis by the Bureau of the Census shall be only those data collected directly from respondents by the Bureau of the Census.

(b)The Director of the Bureau requesting information under this section shall make the request in writing and shall certify that the information will be used only for statistical activities performed to improve the quality of data collected under the authority of title 13, United States Code, and the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

(c)As used in subsection (a), the terms “business enterprise” and “United States” have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 94–472, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2059, which is classified generally to chapter 46 (§ 3101 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. section 3 of the Act is classified to section 3102 of Title 22. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3101 of Title 22 and Tables.

§401 Exchange of census information with Bureau of Economic Analysis