United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 50. WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Chapter 42. ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS |
SubChapter V. SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS |
Part B. Classified Information |
§ 2671. Review of certain documents before declassification and release
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(a) In general The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that, before a document of the Department of Energy that contains national security information is released or declassified, such document is reviewed to determine whether it contains Restricted Data.
(b) Limitation on declassification The Secretary may not implement the automatic declassification provisions of Executive Order 12958 if the Secretary determines that such implementation could result in the automatic declassification and release of documents containing Restricted Data.
References In Text
Executive Order 12958, referred to in subsec. (b), which was formerly set out as a note under section 435 of this title, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13526, § 6.2(g),
Codification
Section was formerly set out as a note under section 2162 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.
Amendments
2013—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 113–66 substituted “Restricted Data” for “restricted data”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–239 struck out subsec. (c), which defined “restricted data”.