34 U.S. Code § 10134 - Use of data

Data collected by the Bureau shall be used only for statistical or research purposes, and shall be gathered in a manner that precludes their use for law enforcement or any purpose relating to a private person or public agency other than statistical or research purposes.

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 304, formerly § 305, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1179; renumbered § 304, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 605(d), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2080; amended Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1115(b), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3104.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3735 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 304 of Pub. L. 90–351, as added by Pub. L. 96–157, was classified to section 3734 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 605(c), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2080.

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–162 substituted “private person or public agency” for “particular individual”.