                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 90--PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS
 
Sec. 1833. Exceptions to prohibitions

    This chapter does not prohibit--
        (1) any otherwise lawful activity conducted by a governmental 
    entity of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of 
    a State; or
        (2) the reporting of a suspected violation of law to any 
    governmental entity of the United States, a State, or a political 
    subdivision of a State, if such entity has lawful authority with 
    respect to that violation.

(Added Pub. L. 104-294, title I, Sec. 101(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3489.)
