Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2024

Title 45 - Public Welfare last revised: Apr 26, 2024
§ 2105.34 - Can an Agency release information protected by Exemption 4?

If an Agency determines that the requested information is protected from release by Exemption 4 of the FOIA, the Agency has no discretion to release the information. Release of information protected from release by Exemption 4 is prohibited by the Trade Secrets Act, a criminal provision found at 18 U.S.C. 1905.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 552,as,121. 2524 and Pub. L. 114-185, 130 Stat. 538
source: 84 FR 27722, June 14, 2019, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 45 CFR 2105.34