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[CITE: 49USC16103]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                        PART C--PIPELINE CARRIERS
 
                CHAPTER 161--CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES
 
Sec. 16103. Unlawful disclosure of information

    (a) General Prohibition.--A pipeline carrier providing 
transportation subject to this part, or an officer, agent, or employee 
of that carrier, or another person authorized to receive information 
from that carrier, that knowingly discloses to another person, except 
the shipper or consignee, or a person who solicits or knowingly receives 
information about the nature, kind, quantity, destination, consignee, or 
routing of property tendered or delivered to that carrier for 
transportation provided under this part without the consent of the 
shipper or consignee, if that information may be used to the detriment 
of the shipper or consignee or may disclose improperly, to a competitor 
the business transactions of the shipper or consignee, is liable to the 
United States for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.
    (b) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--This part does not 
prevent a pipeline carrier providing transportation under this part from 
giving information--
        (1) in response to legal process issued under authority of a 
    court of the United States or a State;
        (2) to an officer, employee, or agent of the United States 
    Government, a State, or a territory or possession of the United 
    States; or
        (3) to another carrier or its agent to adjust mutual traffic 
    accounts in the ordinary course of business.

    (c) Board Employee.--An employee of the Board delegated to make an 
inspection or examination under section 15722 who knowingly discloses 
information acquired during that inspection or examination, except as 
directed by the Board, a court, or a judge of that court, shall be fined 
under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
931.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11910 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).
