---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 50105"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "50105"
heading: "Confidentiality of information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/50105"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel"
  - "Chapter 501 — Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance"
---

# §50105. Confidentiality of information


[Section 10231 of this title](/usc/34/10231.md) shall apply with respect to—

- (1) information furnished under this chapter,
- (2) criminal history information collected, stored, or disseminated with the support of [Federal law enforcement assistance](/usc/34/50102.md?p=1) provided under this chapter, and
- (3) criminal intelligence systems operating with the support of [Federal law enforcement assistance](/usc/34/50102.md?p=1) provided under this chapter,

except that the terms “this chapter” and “this section”, as such terms appear in such [section 10231 of this title](/usc/34/10231.md), shall be deemed to be references to this chapter and this section, respectively, and a reference to the [Office](/usc/34/50301.md?p=6) of Justice Programs in such [section 10231](/usc/34/10231.md) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Attorney General.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609Q, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2105.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 10505 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.