§3564 Effect on Other Laws

Summary

Keeps other agencies’ powers and privacy rules in place. It does not limit the Director’s authority under section 3510 to require disclosures that follow the law. It does not limit the Census Bureau’s authority under sections 8, 16, 301, and 401 of Title 13 and section 2108 of Title 44. At the same time, the Census Bureau may not disclose demographic data collected under section 9 of Title 13 for nonstatistical uses. Data given to the Energy Information Administration under a confidentiality pledge and marked only for statistics cannot be released in identifiable form for nonstatistical purposes under 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). The Congressional Budget Office may work with databases of Designated Statistical Agencies (see section 3576(e)), alone or with shared data under section 3576(c), to study pensions and health care if confidentiality laws are respected. State confidentiality laws still apply. Agencies may give confidential statistical data to law enforcement to prosecute false statements (for example, under section 221 of Title 13) despite section 3572, unless other federal law forbids it. Other privacy protections and penalties (for example, section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code) remain in force. Congress still has the power to get data for statistical work and oversight.