Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§4909 Exclusion of information
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 75— - NATIONAL TRADE DATA BANK › § 4909
Summary
The Data Bank must not include any information that other laws forbid from being made public or allow to be kept secret. It also must not include information that a law or an Executive order says should be kept secret for national defense or foreign policy and that is properly classified under that Executive order.
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Title 15, §4909
Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Data Bank shall not include any information—
(1)the disclosure of which to the public is prohibited under any other provision of law or otherwise authorized to be withheld under other provision of law; or
(2)that is specifically authorized under criteria established by statute or an Executive order not to be disclosed in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 4909
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73