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[CITE: 49USC32708]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                         CHAPTER 327--ODOMETERS
 
Sec. 32708. Confidentiality of information

    (a) General.--Information obtained by the Secretary of 
Transportation under this chapter related to a confidential matter 
referred to in section 1905 of title 18 may be disclosed only--
        (1) to another officer or employee of the United States 
    Government for use in carrying out this chapter; or
        (2) in a proceeding under this chapter.

    (b) Withholding Information From Congress.--This section does not 
authorize information to be withheld from a committee of Congress 
authorized to have the information.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1054.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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32708.................................  15:1990d(d).                     Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  414(d); added July 14,
                                                                          1976,
 Pub. L. 94-364, Sec.  408(2), 90
                                                                          Stat.
 987.
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``reported to or 
otherwise'' and ``or his representative'' are omitted as surplus. The 
words ``related to a confidential matter referred to'' are substituted 
for ``contains or relates to a trade secret or other matter referred 
to'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``shall be considered 
confidential for the purpose of that section'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``a committee of Congress authorized to 
have the information'' are substituted for ``the duly authorized 
committees of the Congress'' for clarity.
