22 U.S.C. § 3143
The Comptroller General, to the extent permitted by law, including section 3144 of this title, is authorized to review the information described in section 3142(b) of this title for purposes of preparing the reports referred to in subsection (b) of this section. Nothing in this section authorizes disclosure of any individually identifiable data or information in any form that can be associated with or otherwise identify, directly or indirectly, any person, including any enterprise or establishment.
Consistent with the provisions of this section, the Comptroller General may submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and to the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress reports-
In preparing any report under this section, the Comptroller General shall not-
Before issuing any such report, the Comptroller General shall in each instance submit the report to the head or heads of the agency or agencies from which confidential or identifiable information described in the preceding sentence was obtained. The agency or agencies concerned shall promptly review the report for the purpose of assuring that the confidentiality of such information and identity is maintained, and for any other purpose, and shall provide the Comptroller General with appropriate comments or other suggestions within 10 working days after receiving the report.
The access by the Comptroller General to information under this Act shall be in conformity with section 716 of title 31.
22 U.S.C. § 3143
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis Act and the amendments made by this Act, referred to in subsecs. (b)(4) and (e), is Pub. L. 101-533, 104 Stat. 2344, known as the Foreign Direct Investment and International Financial Data Improvements Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3141 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS2004- Pub. L. 108-271 substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office" in section catchline.1996-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-316, §111(c)(1), substituted "reports referred to in" for "report required under".Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-316, §111(c)(2)(A), (D), substituted "Reports" for "Report" in heading, in introductory provisions substituted "Consistent with the provisions of this section, the Comptroller General may submit" for "Not later than 5 months after each report issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 3142 of this title, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit", and struck out closing provisions which read as follows: "Reports under this subsection shall be issued only with respect to the first 3 reports issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 3142 of this title." Pub. L. 104-316, §111(c)(2)(B), which directed that subsec. (b) be amended by substituting "Congress reports" for "Congress, a report", was executed in the introductory provisions by making the substitution for "Congress a report", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-316, §111(c)(2)(C), substituted "reports issued by the Secretary of Commerce under section 3142 of this title" for "the report of the Secretary of Commerce".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
CHANGE OF NAMECommittee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14 set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred to Committee on Financial Services of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.