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[CITE: 42USC2277]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XVII--ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER
 
Sec. 2277. Disclosure of Restricted Data

    Whoever, being or having been an employee or member of the 
Commission, a member of the Armed Forces, an employee of any agency of 
the United States, or being or having been a contractor of the 
Commission or of an agency of the United States, or being or having been 
an employee of a contractor of the Commission or of an agency of the 
United States, or being or having been a licensee of the Commission, or 
being or having been an employee of a licensee of the Commission, 
knowingly communicates, or whoever conspires to communicate or to 
receive, any Restricted Data, knowing or having reason to believe that 
such data is Restricted Data, to any person not authorized to receive 
Restricted Data pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or under rule 
or regulation of the Commission issued pursuant thereto, knowing or 
having reason to believe such person is not so authorized to receive 
Restricted Data shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine 
of not more than $12,500.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 227, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 
1073, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 959; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title 
IX, Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; amended Pub. L. 106-
65, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3148(c), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 938.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``$12,500'' for ``$2,500''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions 
notes set out under those sections.


                            Cross References

    Conspiracy to commit offense, see section 371 of Title 18, Crimes 
and Criminal Procedure.
    Wire or oral communications, authorization for interception, to 
provide evidence of offenses punishable by death or by imprisonment for 
more than one year under sections 2274 to 2277 of this title, see 
section 2516 of Title 18.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2000aa, 2279 of this title; 
title 18 section 2516.
