---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 4019"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "4019"
heading: "Disclosure of information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/4019"
units:
  - "Chapter 66 — Promotion of Export Trade"
  - "Subchapter II — Export Trade Certificates of Review"
---

# §4019. Disclosure of information

- (a) **Exemption—** Information submitted by any [person](/usc/15/4021.md?p=5) in connection with the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate of review shall be exempt from disclosure under [section 552 of title 5](/usc/5/552.md).
- (b) **Protection of potentially harmful confidential information; exceptions: Congress; judicial or administrative proceedings; consent; necessity for determination; Federal law; regulations—**
  - (1) Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#b-2), no officer or employee of the [United States](/usc/15/4002.md?p=a-6) shall disclose commercial or financial information submitted in connection with the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate of review if the information is privileged or confidential and if disclosure of the information would cause harm to the [person](/usc/15/4021.md?p=5) who submitted the information.
  - (2) [Paragraph (1)](#b-1) shall not apply with respect to information disclosed—
    - (A) upon a request made by the Congress or any committee of the Congress,
    - (B) in a judicial or administrative proceeding, subject to appropriate protective orders,
    - (C) with the consent of the [person](/usc/15/4021.md?p=5) who submitted the information,
    - (D) in the course of making a determination with respect to the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate of review, if the [Secretary](/usc/15/4021.md?p=7) deems disclosure of the information to be necessary in connection with making the determination,
    - (E) in accordance with any requirement imposed by a statute of the [United States](/usc/15/4002.md?p=a-6), or
    - (F) in accordance with any rule or regulation promulgated under [section 4020 of this title](/usc/15/4020.md) permitting the disclosure of the information to an agency of the [United States](/usc/15/4002.md?p=a-6) or of a [State](/usc/15/4002.md?p=a-5) on the condition that the agency will disclose the information only under the circumstances specified in subparagraphs [(A)](#b-2-A) through [(E)](#b-2-E).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–290, title III, § 309, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1244.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 8, 1982, see section 312 of Pub. L. 97–290, set out as a note under section 4011 of this title.