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7 U.S.C. § 2157 — Release of trade secrets

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7 U.S.C. § 2157 — Release of trade secrets

**(a) Release of confidential information prohibited** It shall be unlawful for any member of an Institutional Animal Committee to release any confidential information of the research facility including any information that concerns or relates to— (1) the trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, or apparatus; or (2) the identity, confidential statistical data, amount or source of any income, profits, losses, or expenditures, of the research facility. **(b) Wrongful use of confidential information prohibited** It shall be unlawful for any member of such Committee— (1) to use or attempt to use to his advantages; or (2) to reveal to any other person, any information which is entitled to protection as confidential information under subsection (a). **(c) Penalties** A violation of subsection (a) or (b) is punishable by— (1) removal from such Committee; and (2) (A) a fine of not more than $1,000 and imprisonment of not more than one year; or (B) if such violation is willful, a fine of not more than $10,000 and imprisonment of not more than three years. **(d) Recovery of damages by injured person; costs; attorney’s fee** Any person, including any research facility, injured in its business or property by reason of a violation of this section may recover all actual and consequential damages sustained by such person and the cost of the suit including a reasonable attorney’s fee. **(e) Other rights and remedies** Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any other rights of a person injured in its business or property by reason of a violation of this section. Subsection (d) shall not be construed to limit the exercise of any such rights arising out of or relating to a violation of subsections (a) and (b).

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7 U.S.C. § 2131 — Congressional statement of policy

The Congress finds that animals and activities which are regulated under this chapter are either in interstate or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce or the free flow thereof, and that regulation of animals and activities as provided in this chapter is necessary to prevent and eliminate burdens upon such commerce and to effectively regulate such commerce, in order— (1) to insure that animals intended for use in research facilities or for exhibition purposes or for use as pets are provided humane care and treatment; (2) to assure the humane treatment of animals during transportation in commerce; and (3) to protect the owners of animals from the theft of their animals by preventing the sale or use of animals which have been stolen. The Congress further finds that it is essential to regulate, as provided in this chapter, the transportation, purchase, sale, housing, care, handling, and treatment of animals by carriers or by persons or organizations engaged in using them for research or experimental purposes or for exhibition purposes or holding them for sale as pets or for any such purpose or use.

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7 U.S.C. § 2157 — Release of trade secrets

Page 1423 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 2157 tending, or causing an individual who has not attained the age of 16 to attend,’’ for ‘‘Sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in’’ in heading. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 113–79, § 12308(b)(1)(B)(i), (ii), substituted ‘‘Sponsoring or exhibiting’’ for ‘‘In gen- eral’’ in heading and ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ for ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ in text. Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 113–79, § 12308(b)(1)(B)(iii), (iv), added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3). 2008—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(1)(A), struck out ‘‘, if any animal in the venture was moved in interstate or foreign commerce’’ before period at end. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(1)(B), which directed amendment of par. (2) by substituting ‘‘State’’ for ‘‘state’’ in heading, was executed by making the substitution for ‘‘states’’ in heading, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(2), inserted heading and substituted ‘‘possess, train, transport, de- liver, or receive any animal for purposes of having the animal participate’’ for ‘‘transport, deliver, or receive for purposes of transportation, in interstate or foreign commerce, any dog or other animal for purposes of hav- ing the dog or other animal participate’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(3), inserted heading and inserted ‘‘advertising an animal, or an in- strument described in subsection (e), for use in an ani- mal fighting venture,’’ after ‘‘for purposes of’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(4), inserted heading. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(5), inserted heading. Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(6), inserted head- ing and, in last sentence, struck out ‘‘by the United States’’ after ‘‘Costs incurr

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