<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id74d3f314-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s1838"><num value="1838">§ 1838.</num><heading> Construction with other laws</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Except as provided in section 1833(b), this chapter shall not be construed to preempt or displace any other remedies, whether civil or criminal, provided by United States Federal, State, commonwealth, possession, or territory law for the misappropriation of a trade secret, or to affect the otherwise lawful disclosure of information by any Government employee under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552">section 552 of title 5</ref> (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act).</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id74d3f315-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/104/294/tI/s101/a">Pub. L. 104–294, title I, § 101(a)</ref>, <date date="1996-10-11">Oct. 11, 1996</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/110/3490">110 Stat. 3490</ref>; amended <ref href="/us/pl/114/153/s7/b">Pub. L. 114–153, § 7(b)</ref>, <date date="2016-05-11">May 11, 2016</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/130/385">130 Stat. 385</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="editorialNotes" id="id74d3f317-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id74d3f318-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2016—<ref href="/us/pl/114/153">Pub. L. 114–153</ref> substituted “Except as provided in section 1833(b), this chapter” for “This chapter”.</p>
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