15 U.S.C. § 176a

Confidential nature of information furnished Bureau

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Any statistical information furnished in confidence to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce by individuals, corporations, and firms shall be held to be confidential, and shall be used only for the statistical purposes for which it is supplied. Except as provided in subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, the Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall not permit anyone other than the sworn employees of the Bureau to examine such individual reports, nor shall he permit any statistics of domestic commerce to be published in such manner as to reveal the identity of the individual, corporation, or firm furnishing such data.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1976–1987 · leading case: Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281 (1979).

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Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281 (1979). · cites it 2× “" [26] 15 U. S. C. § 176a (1940 ed.): "Any statistical information furnished in confidence to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce by individuals, corporations, and firms shall be held to be confidential, and shall be used only for the statistical purposes for which it is…”

Cna Fin. Corp. v. Raymond J. Donovan, Sec'y of Labor, 830 F.2d 1132 (D.C. Cir. 1987). “15 U.S.C. § 176a (1940). 82 . Floor discussion in both houses occupies fewer than a dozen pages of the Congressional Record.”

United States v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 86 F.R.D. 603 (D.D.C. 1979). “3 There is an absolute privilege under 15 U.S.C. § 176a for raw data collected by the Bureau of Economic Analysis as delegate of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.”

Citizens for a Better Env't v. United States Dep't of Com., 410 F. Supp. 1248 (N.D. Ill. 1976). · cites it 9× “§ 552 (b)(3), of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and 15 U.S.C. § 176a. An appeal was taken in which the plaintiff indicated that it was seeking information relating to expenditures made on air and water pollution abatement equipment.”

Chrysler Corp. v. Schlesinger, 565 F.2d 1172 (3rd Cir. 1977). “§ 1335 (1940), and a Commerce Department statute, 15 U.S.C. § 176a (1940). The Consumer Federation of America urges in its amicus brief that § 1905 should be interpreted narrowly and consistently with interpretations of these three predecessor statutes.”

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