Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§1155 General Standards and Limitations; Preservation of Security Classification
Title 15 › CHAPTER 23 — DISSEMINATION OF TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING INFORMATION › § 1155
Summary
The Secretary must keep secret any scientific or technical information, data, patents, inventions, or discoveries the Department of Commerce has or receives when the President or a person he names says they must be classified for national defense. Nothing in this chapter changes other laws about classifying information for national defense or security.
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Title 15, §1155
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary shall respect and preserve the security classification of any scientific or technical information, data, patents, inventions, or discoveries in, or coming into, the possession or control of the Department of Commerce, the classified status of which the President or his designee or designees certify as being essential in the interest of national defense, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as modifying or limiting any other statute relating to the classification of information for reasons of national defense or security.
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15 U.S.C. § 1155
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102