15 U.S.C. § 4019 — Disclosure of information

Page 2099 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 4021 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 8, 1982, see section 312 of Pub. L. 97–290, set out as a note under section 4011 of this title. § 4018. Annual reports Every person to whom a certificate of review is issued shall submit to the Secretary an an- nual report, in such form and at such time as the Secretary may require, that updates where necessary the information required by section 4012(a) of this title. (Pub. L. 97–290, title III, § 308, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1244.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 8, 1982, see section 312 of Pub. L. 97–290, set out as a note under section 4011 of this title. § 4019. Disclosure of information (a) Exemption Information submitted by any person in con- nection with the issuance, amendment, or rev- ocation of a certificate of review shall be ex- empt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5. (b) Protection of potentially harmful confidential information; exceptions: Congress; judicial or administrative proceedings; consent; neces- sity for determination; Federal law; regula- tions (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no offi- cer or employee of the United States shall dis- close commercial or financial information sub- mitted in connection with the issuance, amend- ment, or revocation of a certificate of review if the information is privileged or confidential and if disclosure of the information would cause harm to the person who submitted the informa- tion. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to information disclosed— (A) upon a request made by the Congress or any committee of the Congress, (B) in a judicial or administrative pro- ceeding, subject to appropriate protective or- ders, (C) with the consent of the person who sub- mitted the information, (D) in the course of making a determination with respect to the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate of review, if the Secretary deems disclosure of the information to be necessary in connection with making the determination, (E) in accordance with any requirement im- posed by a statute of the United States, or (F) in accordance with any rule or regula- tion promulgated under section 4020 of this title permitting the disclosure of the informa- tion to an agency of the United States or of a State on the condition that the agency will disclose the information only under the cir- cumstances specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E). (Pub. L. 97–290, title III, § 309, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1244.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 8, 1982, see section 312 of Pub. L. 97–290, set out as a note under section 4011 of this title. § 4020. Rules and regulations The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (Pub. L. 97–290, title III, § 310, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1245.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 97–290, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1233, which enacted this chapter and section 6a of this title and section 635a–4 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, amended section 45 of this title and sections 372 and 1843 of Title 12, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1, 4001, and 4011 of this title and sections 1841 and 1843 of Title 12. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 8, 1982, see section 312 of Pub. L. 97–290, set out as a note under section 4011 of this title. § 4021. Definitions As used in this subchapter— (1) the term ‘‘export trade’’ means trade or commerce in goods, wares, merchandise, or services exported, or in the course of being ex- ported, from the United States or any terri- tory thereof to any foreign nation, (2) the term ‘‘service’’ means intangible eco- nomic output, including, but not limited to— (A) business, repair, and amusement serv- ices, (B) management, legal, engineering, archi- tectural, and other professional services, and (C) financial, insurance, transportation, informational and any other data-based services, and communication services, (3) the term ‘‘export trade activities’’ means activities or agreements in the course of ex- port trade, (4) the term ‘‘methods of operation’’ means any method by which a person conducts or proposes to conduct export trade, (5) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual who is a resident of the United States; a part- nership that is created under and exists pursu- ant to the laws of any State or of the United States; a State or local government entity; a corporation, whether organized as a profit or nonprofit corporation, that is created under and exists pursuant to the laws of any State or of the United States; or any association or combination, by contract or other arrange- ment, between or among such persons, (6) the term ‘‘antitrust laws’’ means the antitrust laws, as such term is defined in sec- tion 12 of this title, and section 45 of this title