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title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 8131 - Protection of confidentiality of information

## Text

Information reported to, or otherwise acquired by, the United States Government under this chapter or under the Additional Protocol shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5.

(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 231, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2747.)