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§3571 Findings

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND STATISTICAL EFFICIENCY › Part Part B— - Confidential Information Protection › § 3571

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Congress recognizes that people, businesses, and other groups have different levels of legal protection when they give information to government agencies just for statistical uses. Promises that the information will be kept confidential help people trust the agencies. Losing that trust harms the accuracy and completeness of statistics, so protecting pledged data is needed to keep people willing to cooperate.

Full Legal Text

Title 44, §3571

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The Congress finds the following:

(1)Individuals, businesses, and other organizations have varying degrees of legal protection when providing information to the agencies for strictly statistical purposes.

(2)Pledges of confidentiality by agencies provide assurances to the public that information about individuals or organizations or provided by individuals or organizations for exclusively statistical purposes will be held in confidence and will not be used against such individuals or organizations in any agency action.

(3)Protecting the confidentiality interests of individuals or organizations who provide information under a pledge of confidentiality for Federal statistical programs serves both the interests of the public and the needs of society.

(4)Declining trust of the public in the protection of information provided under a pledge of confidentiality to the agencies adversely affects both the accuracy and completeness of statistical analyses.

(5)Ensuring that information provided under a pledge of confidentiality for statistical purposes receives protection is essential in continuing public cooperation in statistical programs.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Jan. 14, 2019, see section 403 of Pub. L. 115–435, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2019 Amendment note under section 306 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Reference

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Citation

44 U.S.C. § 3571

Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73