Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/992

 90 STAT. 2460

Supra. 13 USC 9.

13 USC 191.

PUBLIC LAW 94-521—OCT. 17, 1976 SEC. 5. (a) Section 6 of title 13, United States Code, relating to requests for information, is amended to read as follows: "§ 6. Information from other Federal departments and agencies; acquisition of reports from other governmental and private sources " (a) The Secretary, whenever he considers it advisable, may call upon any other department, agency, or establishment of the Federal Government, or of the government of the District of Columbia, for information pertinent to the work provided for in this title. " (b) The Secretary may acquire, by purchase or otherwise, from States, counties, cities, or other units of government, or their instrumentalities, or from private persons and agencies, such copies of records, reports, and other material as may be required for the efficient and economical conduct of the censuses and surveys provided for in this title. " (c) To the maximum extent possible and consistent with the kind, timeliness, quality and scope of the statistics required, the Secretary shall acquire and use information available from any source referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this section instead of conducting direct inquiries." (b) The table of sections of chapter 1 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by striking out— "6. Requests to other departments and offices for information, acquisition of reports from governmental and other sources." and inserting in lieu thereof— "6. Information from other Federal departments and agencies; acquisition of reports from other governmental and private sources." SEC. 6. (a) So much of section 8 of title 13, United States Code, as precedes subsection (d) thereof is amended to read as follows: "§ 8. Authenticated transcripts or copies of certain returns; other data; restriction on use; disposition of fees received " (a) The Secretary may, upon written request, furnish to any respondent, or to the heir, successor, or authorized agent of such respondent, authenticated transcripts or copies of reports (or portions thereof) containing information furnished by, or on behalf of, such respondent in connection with the surveys and census provided for in this title, upon payment of the actual or estimated cost of searching the records and furnishing such transcripts or copies. " (b) Subject to the limitations contained in sections 6(c) and 9 of this title, the Secretary may furnish copies of tabulations and other statistical materials which do not disclose the information reported by, or on behalf of, any particular respondent, and may make special statistical compilations and surveys, for departments, agencies, and establishments of the Federal Government, the government of the District of Columbia, the government of any possession or area (including political subdivisions thereof) referred to in section 191(a) of this title. State or local agencies, or other public and private persons and agencies, upon payment of the actual or estimated cost of such work. I n the case of nonprofit agencies or organizations, the Secretary may engage in joint statistical projects, the purpose of which are otherwise authorized by law, but only if the cost of such projects are shared equitably, as determined by the Secretary. " (c) I n no case shall information furnished under this section be used to the detriment of any respondent or other person to whom such information relates, except in the prosecution of alleged violations of this title."

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