PUBLIC LAW 106-224 —JUNE 20, 2000 114 STAT. 377 "( j) INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.— "(1) SYSTEMS UPGRADES.—The Secretary shall upgrade the information management systems of the Corporation used in the administration and enforcement and this title. In upgrading the systems, the Secretary shall ensure that new hardware and software are compatible with the hardware and software used by other agencies of the Department to maximize data sharing and promote the purpose of this section. "(2) USE OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.—The Secretary shall use the information technologies known as data mining and data warehousing and other available information technologies to administer and enforce this title. "(3) USE OF PRIVATE SECTOR.— The Secretary may enter into contracts to use private sector expertise and technological resources in implementing this subsection. " (k) FUNDING.— "(1) AVAILABLE FUNDS.— To carry out this section and sections 502(c), 506(h), 508(a)(3)(B), and 508(f)(3)(A), the Corporation may use, from Eunounts made available from the insurance fund established under section 516(c), not more than $23,000,000 during the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2005, of which not more than $9,000,000 shall be available for fiscal year 2001. "(2) PROHIBITION.— None of the funds made available under paragraph (1) may be used to pay the salaries of employees of the Corporation.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 506 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1506) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (q); and (2) by redesignating subsections (r) and (s) as subsections (q) and (r), respectively. SEC. 122. PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Section 502 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502) is amended by adding at the end the following: " (c) PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.— " (1) GENERAL PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCLOSURE.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary, any other officer or employee of the Department or an agency thereof, sin approved insurance provider and its employees and contractors, and any other person may not disclose to the public information furnished by a producer under this title. "(2) AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE.— "(A) DISCLOSURE IN STATISTICAL OR AGGREGATE FORM.—Information described in paragraph (1) may be disclosed to the public if the information has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form that does not allow the identification of the person who supplied particular information. "(B) CONSENT OF PRODUCER.—^A producer may consent to the disclosure of information described in paragraph (1). The participation of the producer in, and the receipt of any benefit by the producer under, this title or any other program administered by the Secretary may not be conditioned on the producer providing consent under this paragraph.
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