18 U.S.C. § 1905 : US Code - Section 1905: Disclosure of confidential information generally

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1905 : US Code - Section 1905: Disclosure of confidential information generally

Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or of
any department or agency thereof, any person acting on behalf of
the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, or agent of the
Department of Justice as defined in the Antitrust Civil Process Act
(15 U.S.C. 1311-1314), or being an employee of a private sector
organization who is or was assigned to an agency under chapter 37
of title 5, publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes known in any
manner or to any extent not authorized by law any information
coming to him in the course of his employment or official duties or
by reason of any examination or investigation made by, or return,
report or record made to or filed with, such department or agency
or officer or employee thereof, which information concerns or
relates to the trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work,
or apparatus, or to the identity, confidential statistical data,
amount or source of any income, profits, losses, or expenditures of
any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association; or
permits any income return or copy thereof or any book containing
any abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by any
person except as provided by law; shall be fined under this title,
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and shall be removed
from office or employment.