§ 5701.
(f)
The Secretary may, pursuant to regulations the Secretary shall prescribe, release the name or address, or both, of any present or former member of the Armed Forces, or a dependent of a present or former member of the Armed Forces, (1) to any nonprofit organization if the release is directly connected with the conduct of programs and the utilization of benefits under this title, or (2) to any criminal or civil law enforcement governmental agency or instrumentality charged under applicable law with the protection of the public health or safety if a qualified representative of such agency or instrumentality has made a written request that such name or address be provided for a purpose authorized by law. Any organization or member thereof or other person who, knowing that the use of any name or address released by the Secretary pursuant to the preceding sentence is limited to the purpose specified in such sentence, willfully uses such name or address for a purpose other than those so specified, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not more than $5,000 in the case of a first offense and not more than $20,000 in the case of any subsequent offense.
([Pub. L. 85–857], Sept. 2, 1958, [72 Stat. 1236], § 3301; [Pub. L. 87–671, § 2], Sept. 19, 1962, [76 Stat. 557]; [Pub. L. 91–24, § 11], June 11, 1969, [83 Stat. 34]; [Pub. L. 92–540, title IV, § 412], Oct. 24, 1972, [86 Stat. 1093]; [Pub. L. 94–321, § 1(a)], June 29, 1976, [90 Stat. 713]; [Pub. L. 94–581, title II, § 210(b)], Oct. 21, 1976, [90 Stat. 2863]; [Pub. L. 96–466, title VI, § 606], Oct. 17, 1980, [94 Stat. 2212]; [Pub. L. 101–94, title III, § 302(a)], Aug. 16, 1989, [103 Stat. 628]; renumbered § 5701 and amended [Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1)], (d)(1), May 7, 1991, [105 Stat. 238], 239; [Pub. L. 102–83], §§ 2(c)(6), 4(a)(1), (2)(A)(xi), (3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), 5(c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, [105 Stat. 402–406]; [Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(a)(13)], June 5, 2001, [115 Stat. 35]; [Pub. L. 109–461, title II, § 204(a)], Dec. 22, 2006, [120 Stat. 3411]; [Pub. L. 112–74, div. H, title II, § 230(a)], Dec. 23, 2011, [125 Stat. 1159]; [Pub. L. 114–198, title IX, § 914], July 22, 2016, [130 Stat. 765]; [Pub. L. 114–223, div. A, title II, § 246], Sept. 29, 2016, [130 Stat. 884]; [Pub. L. 115–55, § 2(u)(2)], Aug. 23, 2017, [131 Stat. 1113]; [Pub. L. 115–86, § 2], Nov. 21, 2017, [131 Stat. 1276].)