§3564 Effect on other laws

Summary

Keeps other agencies’ powers and confidentiality rules in place. It does not take away the Director’s authority under section 3510 to direct disclosures that follow the law, or the ability of agencies to make those disclosures. The Census Bureau still may provide information under sections 8, 16, 301, and 401 of title 13 and section 2108. It also does not allow demographic data collected under section 9 of title 13 to be released for nonstatistical uses. Protects certain statistical confidentiality and other authorities. Data given to the Energy Information Administration under a confidentiality pledge and marked for only statistical use must not be disclosed in identifiable form under the listed energy statutes (sections 12, 20, or 59 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 771, 779, 790h); section 11 of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 796); or sections 205 or 407 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7135, 7177)). It does not limit the Congressional Budget Office from working with Designated Statistical Agencies’ databases (see section 3576(e) and sharing under section 3576(c)) for pension and health care analysis. State confidentiality laws stay in effect. Despite section 3572, an agency may give confidential statistical information to law enforcement to prosecute false reports (for example under section 221 of title 13) unless other federal law forbids it. Other confidentiality protections and penalties, including section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, remain in effect. Congress and its members may still obtain data for statistical purposes and oversight.