Criminal penalties.
22 C.F.R. § 1101.16
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) Under the provisions of the Act, it is a Federal crime for any person to knowingly and willfully request or obtain information from a Federal agency, including this Section, by false pretenses.
(b) It is also a crime for any officer or employee of the Section to knowingly and willfully:
(1) Make an unauthorized disclosure; or
(2) Fail to publish public notice of a system of records as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4).
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-22.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026