Sec. 7. Confidentiality of information
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Except as provided in subsection (b), no officer or employee of the United States may— use the information furnished by the alien pursuant to an application filed under this Act to initiate removal proceedings against any person identified in the application; make any publication whereby the information furnished by any particular individual pursuant to an application under this Act can be identified; or permit anyone other than an officer or employee of the United States Government or, in the case of applications filed under this Act with a designated entity, that designated entity, to examine applications filed under this Act.
The Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the information furnished under this section, and any other information derived from such furnished information, to— a duly recognized law enforcement entity in connection with an investigation or prosecution of an offense described in paragraph
(2)or
(3)of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a) ), when such information is requested in writing by such entity; or an official coroner for purposes of affirmatively identifying a deceased individual (whether or not such individual is deceased as a result of a crime). Whoever knowingly uses, publishes, or permits information to be examined in violation of this section shall be fined not more than $50,000.
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