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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 811-DEC. 24, 1942 such information by such agency is unnecessary, either because it is not needed for the proper performance of the functions of such agency or because it can be obtained from another Federal agency or for any other reason, such agency shall not thereafter engage in the collection of such information. (e) For the purposes of this Act, the Director is authorized to require any Federal agency to make available to any other Federal agency any information which it has obtained from any person after the date of enactment of this Act, and all such agencies are directed to cooperate to the fullest practicable extent at all times in making such information available to other such agencies: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the obtaining or releasing of information by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Bureau of the Public Debt, the Bureau of Accounts, and the Division of Foreign Funds Control of the Treasury Department: Provided fwr- ther,That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the obtaining by any Federal bank supervisory agency of reports and information from banks as provided or authorized by law and in the proper performance of such agency's functions in its supervisory capacity. SEC. 4. (a) In the the event that any information obtained in con- fidence by a Federal agency is released by that agency to another Federal agency, all the provisions of law (including penalties) which relate to the unlawful disclosure of any such information shall apply to the officers and employees of the agency to which such informa- tion is released to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the officers and employees of the agency which originally obtained such information; and the officers and employees of the agency to which the information is released shall in addition be subject to the same provisions of law (including penalties) relating to the unlawful disclosure of such information as if the information had been collected directly by such agency. (b) Information obtained by a Federal agency from any person or persons may, pursuant to this Act, be released to any other Federal agency only if (1) the information shall be released in the form of statistical totals or summaries; or (2) the information as supplied by persons to a Federal agency shall not, at the time of collection, have been declared by that agency or by any superior authority to be confidential; or (3) the persons supplying the information shall consent to the release of it to a second agency by the agency to which the information was originally supplied; or (4) the Federal agency to which another Federal agency shall release the information has authority to collect the information itself and such authority is sup- ported by legal provision for criminal penalties against persons failing to supply such information. SEC. 5. No Federal agency shall conduct or sponsor the collection of information, upon identical items, from ten to more persons (other than Federal employees considered as such) unless, in advance of adoption or revision of any plans or forms to be used in such collec- tion, (a) The agency shall have submitted to the Director such plans or forms, together with copies of such pertinent regulations and other related materials as the Director shall specify; and (b) The Director shall have stated that he does not disapprove the proposed collection of information. SEC. 6. The Director is authorized to make such rules and regula- tions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 7. As used in this Act- (a) The term "Federal agency" means any executive department, commission, independent establishment, corporation owned or con- trolled by the United States, board, bureau, division, service,ce, 1079 Cooperation ofagen- cies in making infor- mation available. Provisos. Exemptions. Bank reports. Unlawful disclosure of information. Conditions for re- lease to other agencies. Prerequisites to col- lection of information. Rules and regula- tions

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