49 U.S.C. § 40119 — Sensitive security information

(a) Disclosure. (1) The Secretary of Transportation must write rules blocking release of security-related information if disclosing it would (A) unreasonably invade someone's privacy, (B) reveal a trade secret or confidential business or financial information, or (C) hurt transportation safety. (2) This doesn't let information be withheld from an authorized congressional committee. (3) None of this lets the Secretary label information "sensitive security information" in order to (A) hide a legal violation, inefficiency, or administrative mistake, (B) avoid embarrassing someone, (C) block competition, or (D) delay releasing information that doesn't actually need protecting — including basic science not clearly tied to transportation security. (4) The Privacy Act (section 552a of title 5) doesn't block the FAA from sharing its records with federal law enforcement, intelligence, protective, immigration, or national-security officials to help them do their jobs. (b) Transfers of Duties and Powers Prohibited. Unless another law says otherwise, no duty or power under this section can be handed off to a different federal department, agency, or office.