18 U.S.C. § 1838
Construction with other laws
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 1838, Construction with other laws, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449380
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Except as provided in section 1833(b), this chapter shall not be construed to preempt or displace any other remedies, whether civil or criminal, provided by United States Federal, State, commonwealth, possession, or territory law for the misappropriation of a trade secret, or to affect the otherwise lawful disclosure of information by any Government employee under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act).
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.
- Economic Espionage Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016