15 USC § 4019 - Disclosure of information

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title: "15 USC § 4019 - Disclosure of information"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "4019"
section_name: "Disclosure of information"
chapter_number: 66
chapter_name: "PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "EXPORT TRADE CERTIFICATES OF REVIEW"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–290, title III, § 309, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1244.)"
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# § 4019. Disclosure of information

**(a)** **Exemption** section 552 of title 5

Information submitted by any person in connection with the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate of review shall be exempt from disclosure under .

**(b)** **Protection of potentially harmful confidential information; exceptions: Congress; judicial or administrative proceedings; consent; necessity for determination; Federal law; regulations**

**(1)** Except as provided in paragraph (2), no officer or employee of the United States shall disclose commercial or financial information submitted in connection with the issuance, amendment, 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 information.

**(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 proceeding, subject to appropriate protective orders,

**(C)** with the consent of the person who submitted 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 imposed by a statute of the United States, or

**(F)** in accordance with any rule or regulation promulgated under section 4020 of this title permitting the disclosure of the information to an agency of the United States or of a State on the condition that the agency will disclose the information only under the circumstances specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–290, title III, § 309, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1244.)

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