---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19136"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19136"
heading: "Rule of construction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19136"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter IV — Bioeconomy Research and Development"
---

# §19136. Rule of construction


Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to require public disclosure of information that is exempt from mandatory disclosure under [section 552 of title 5](/usc/5/552.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title IV, § 10407, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1609.)