---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 4606"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "4606"
heading: "Protection of information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/4606"
units:
  - "Chapter 72 — Semiconductor Research"
  - "Subchapter I — Cooperative Research Program"
---

# §4606. Protection of information

- (a) **Freedom of Information Act—** [Section 552 of title 5](/usc/5/552.md) shall not apply to information obtained by the Federal Government on a confidential basis under [section 4602(b)(5) of this title](/usc/15/4602.md?p=b-5).
- (b) **Intellectual property—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, intellectual property, trade secrets, and technical data owned and developed by [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2) or any of the participants in [Sematech](/usc/15/4601.md?p=c-2) may not be disclosed by any officer or employee of the Department of Defense except as provided in the provision included in the memorandum of understanding pursuant to [section 4602(b)(5) of this title](/usc/15/4602.md?p=b-5).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title II, § 276, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1071.)