12 2 STA T .304 4 PUBLIC LA W 110 – 314 — AU G .14 , 200 8(2)REVI E WSOF I MPR OVEME NT S A N D EMP L O Y EE C OM - PLAINTS .—Begin ning for fi scaly ear 2 01 0 ,th e I ns p ector G eneral of the C o m mission shall incl ud e in an annual report to the appropriate Congressional committees the Inspector General ’ s findings, conclusions, and recommendations from the re v ie w s and audits under su b sections (a) and (b). SEC.206 . INDU S TRY- S PO NSORED TR AV E LB AN. (a) IN GENERAL.— T he A ct (1 5U . S .C. 1251 et se q .) is amended by adding at the end the following new section
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‘SEC. 39 . PRO H IBITION ON INDUSTRY-SPONSORED TRAVEL. ‘ ‘ N otwithstanding section 1 3 53 of title 31, United States Code, and section 2 7 (b)( 6 ) of this Act, no Commissioner or employee of the Commission shall accept travel, subsistence, or related e x penses with respect to attendance by a Commissioner or employee at any meeting or similar function relating to official duties of a Commissioner or an employee, from a person— ‘‘(1) see k ing official action from, doing business with, or conducting activities regulated by, the Commission
or ‘‘(2) whose interests may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the Commissioner’s or employee’s official duties.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 1 (15 U.S.C. 2051 note) is amended by inserting at the end the following: ‘ ‘ Sec.39 . Prohib i t io n on in dus tr y- s p onsored tr av e l . ’ ’. SEC. 20 7 . SHARIN G O F INFOR M ATION W ITH FEDERAL , STATE, LOCAL, AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. Section 2 9 (15 U.S.C. 207 8 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(f) S H ARIN G OF INFORMATION W ITH F EDERAL, STATE, L OCAL, AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.— ‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding the requirements of subsections (a)(3) and (b) of section 6, relating to public disclosure of information, the Commission may make information obtained by the Commission available to any Fed- eral, State, local, or foreign government agency upon the prior certification of an appropriate official of any such agency, either by a prior agreement or memorandum of understanding with the Commission or by other written certification, that such material will be maintained in confidence and will be used only for official law enforcement or consumer protection pur- poses, if— ‘‘(A) the agency has set forth a bona fide legal basis for its authority to maintain the material in confidence; ‘‘(B) the materials are to be used for purposes of inves- tigating, or engaging in enforcement proceedings related to, possible violations of— ‘‘(i) laws regulating the manufacture, importation, distribution, or sale of defective or unsafe consumer products, or other practices substantially similar to practices prohibited by any law administered by the Commission; 15USC2086.Ef f ectiv e da te.
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