Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The terms agency , classified material , classified record , declassification , and national security have the meanings given such terms in section 709 of the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–567 ; 50 U.S.C. 3355g ). The term authorized user of the classification system means an official or contractor of the Federal Government who is authorized to access classified material or records. The term classification decision , means a decision regarding whether any correspondence, memorandum, book, plan, map, drawing, diagram, pictorial or graphic work, photograph, film, microfilm, sound recording, videotape, machine readable records, and other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, requires protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of the national security of the United States.
Such term includes the following: An original classification decision. A decision creating a derivative classification. A decision creating a classification by compilation. Any decision creating any similar classification pursuant to a provision of law in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. The term Panel means the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel established under section 4(a).
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