---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 4911"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "4911"
heading: "Collection of data"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/4911"
units:
  - "Chapter 75 — National Trade Data Bank"
---

# §4911. Collection of data


Except as provided in [section 4908 of this title](/usc/15/4908.md), nothing in this chapter shall be considered to grant independent authority to the Federal Government to collect any data or information from individuals or entities outside of the Federal Government.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5411, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1467.)