7 U.S.C. § 2157
Release of trade secrets
United States · Title 7 — AGRICULTURE · Status: effective
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- 7 U.S.C. § 2157, Release of trade secrets, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/430150
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It shall be unlawful for any member of an Institutional Animal Committee to release any confidential information of the research facility including any information that concerns or relates to—
It shall be unlawful for any member of such Committee—
A violation of subsection (a) or (b) is punishable by—
Any person, including any research facility, injured in its business or property by reason of a violation of this section may recover all actual and consequential damages sustained by such person and the cost of the suit including a reasonable attorney’s fee.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any other rights of a person injured in its business or property by reason of a violation of this section. Subsection (d) shall not be construed to limit the exercise of any such rights arising out of or relating to a violation of subsections (a) and (b).
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Food Security Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally