12 U.S.C. § 4203 — Confidentiality of declarations

(a) Period of confidentiality. A declarant and the declarant’s agents may not disclose the existence or filing of a declaration filed under section 4201 until: (1) the declarant receives notice that the Attorney General has concluded that an action should not be pursued under section 4206(b); (2) the declarant receives notice of an award under section 4206(c); or (3) the declarant is granted a contract to pursue an action under section 4205(b) or 4207. This section does not define the quoted term “declarant.”

(b) Keeping confidentiality to prevent prejudice. (1) Despite any other law, the declarant may not disclose the contents of a declaration if disclosure would in any way prejudice or compromise completion of a government investigation or any criminal or civil case that may arise out of, or make use of, information in the declaration. But information in a declaration may be disclosed when a duly issued and authorized legal process requires it. This section does not define the quoted terms “prejudice,” “compromise,” or “legal process.” (2) In a circumstance described in paragraph (1), the Attorney General may notify the declarant that continued confidentiality is required under this subsection despite paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a).

(c) Loss of rights. A declarant who, except as this chapter allows, discloses the existence or filing of a declaration or its contents to anyone other than a duly authorized Federal or State^* investigator or the declarant’s attorney immediately loses all rights under this subchapter.