Sec. 602. Classification and declassification of information
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Title VIII of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 801 the following: The President may, in accordance with this section, protect from unauthorized disclosure any information owned by, produced by or for, or under the control of the executive branch of the Federal Government when there is a demonstrable need to do so to protect the national security of the United States. The President shall, to the extent necessary, establish categories of information that may be classified and procedures for classifying information under subsection (a).
At the same time the President establishes categories and procedures under subparagraph (A), the President shall establish procedures for declassifying information that was previously classified. The procedures established pursuant to subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)shall— be the exclusive means for classifying information on or after the effective date established by subsection (c), except with respect to information classified pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ); ensure that no information is classified unless there is a demonstrable need to do so to protect the national security and there is a reasonable basis to believe that means other than classification will not provide sufficient protection; ensure that no information may remain classified indefinitely; ensure that no information shall be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail to be declassified in order— to conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error; to prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency; to restrain competition; or to prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of the national security; ensure that basic scientific research information not clearly related to the national security shall not be classified; ensure that information may not be reclassified after being declassified and released to the public under proper authority unless personally approved by the President based on a determination that such reclassification is required to prevent significant and demonstrable damage to the national security; establish standards and criteria for the classification of information; establish standards, criteria, and timelines for the declassification of information classified under this section; provide for the automatic declassification of classified records with permanent historical value not more than 50 years after the date of origin of such records, unless the head of each agency that classified information contained in such records makes a written determination to delay automatic declassification and such determination is reviewed not less frequently than every 10 years; provide for the timely review of materials submitted for pre-publication; ensure that due regard is given for the public interest in disclosure of information; ensure that due regard is given for the interests of departments and agencies in sharing information at the lowest possible level of classification; The President shall submit to Congress the categories and procedures established under subsection (b)(1)(A) and the procedures established under subsection (b)(1)(B) at least 60 days prior to their effective date. The head of each agency shall establish a single set of consolidated standards and procedures to permit such agency to classify and declassify information created by such agency in accordance with the categories and procedures established by the President under this section and otherwise to carry out this section. Each agency head shall submit to Congress the standards and procedures established by such agency head under subparagraph (A). Subsections
(a)and
(b)shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 . Presidential directives regarding classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information, including Executive Order 13526 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national security information), in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, as well as procedures issued pursuant to such Presidential directives, shall remain in effect until superseded by procedures issued pursuant to subsection (b). . Section 805(2) of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3164(2) ) is amended by inserting section 801A, before Executive Order . The table of contents preceding section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 801 the following new item: Sec. 801A. Classification and declassification of information. .
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