---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 3558"
title: "44"
title_heading: "Public Printing and Documents"
number: "3558"
heading: "Effect on existing law"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/44/3558"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Coordination of Federal Information Policy"
  - "Subchapter II — Information Security"
---

# §3558. Effect on existing law


Nothing in this subchapter, [section 11331 of title 40](/usc/40/11331.md), or section 20 of the National Standards[^1] and Technology Act ([15 U.S.C. 278g–3](/usc/15/278g–3.md)) may be construed as affecting the authority of the President, the Office of Management and Budget or the [Director](/usc/44/3502.md?p=4) thereof, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or the head of any [agency](/usc/44/3502.md?p=1), with respect to the authorized use or disclosure of information, including with regard to the protection of personal privacy under [section 552a of title 5](/usc/5/552a.md), the disclosure of information under [section 552 of title 5](/usc/5/552.md), the management and disposition of [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) under chapters[^2] 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, the management of [information resources](/usc/44/3502.md?p=6) under subchapter I of [chapter 35](/usc/44/chch35.md) of this title, or the disclosure of information to the Congress or the Comptroller General of the United States.


## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “National Institute of Standards”.
[^2]: So in original. Probably should be “chapter”.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 113–283, § 2(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3084.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in sections 3538 and 3549 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 113–283.