---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1838"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "1838"
heading: "Construction with other laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/1838"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 90 — Protection of Trade Secrets"
---

# §1838. Construction with other laws


Except as provided in [section 1833(b)](/usc/18/1833.md?p=b), this chapter shall not be construed to preempt or displace any other remedies, whether civil or criminal, provided by [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9) Federal, [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9), commonwealth, possession, or territory law for the [misappropriation](/usc/18/1839.md?p=5) of a [trade secret](/usc/18/1839.md?p=3), or to affect the otherwise lawful disclosure of information by any Government [employee](/usc/18/202.md?p=c) under [section 552 of title 5](/usc/5/552.md) (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–294, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3490; amended Pub. L. 114–153, § 7(b), May 11, 2016, 130 Stat. 385.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–153 substituted “Except as provided in section 1833(b), this chapter” for “This chapter”.