Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/947

 PUBLIC LAW 97-444—JAN. 11, 1983

96 STAT. 2309

ceeding. The Commission shall have the right to (i) intervene in the proceeding and, upon doing so, shall be heard on all matters arising therein, and (ii) file a petition for appeal. The Commission or the defendant may remove such proceeding to the district court of the United States for the proper district by following the procedure for removal otherwise provided by law, except that the petition for removal shall be filed within sixty days after service of the summons and complaint upon the defendant. The Commission shall have the right to appear as amicus curiae in any such proceeding.". CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS; DISCLOSURE

SEC. 222. Section 8 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 12) is amended by— (1) inserting immediately before the period at the end of subsection (a) the following: ": Provided further. That the Commission may withhold from public disclosure any data or information concerning or obtained in connection with any pending investigation of any person"; (2) amending subsection Qoi) by— (A) striking out "or" before "in an administrative or judicisil proceeding"; and (B) inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof ", in any receivership proceeding involving a receiver appointed in a judicial proceeding brought under this Act, or in any bankruptcy proceeding in which the Commission has intervened or in which the Commission has the right to appear and be heard under title 11 of the United States Code"; (3) amending subsection (e) by— (A) striking out "of the Executive Branch"; and (B) adding at the end thereof the following: "Upon the request of any department or agency of any State or any political subdivision thereof, acting within the scope of its jurisdiction, or any department or agency of any foreign government or any political subdivision thereof, acting within the scope of its jurisdiction, the Commission may furnish to such department or agency any information in the possession of the Commission obtained in connection with the administration of this Act. Any information furnished to any department or agency of any State or political subdivision thereof shall not be disclosed by such department or agency except in connection with an adjudicatory action or proceeding brought under this Act or the laws of such State or political subdivision to which such State or political subdivision or any department or agency thereof is a party. The Commission shall not furnish any information to a department or agency of a foreign government or political subdivision thereof unless the Commission is satisfied that the information will not be disclosed by such department or agency except in connection with an adjudicatory action or proceeding brought under the laws of such foreign government or political subdivision to which such foreign government or political subdivision or any department or agency thereof is a party."; (4) redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and

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