§2671. Review of certain documents before declassification and release
(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.
(c) Restricted data defined
In this section, the term "restricted data" has the meaning provided by section 2014(y) of title 42.
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References in Text
Executive Order 12958, referred to in subsec. (b), is set out as a note under section 435 of this title.
Codification
Section was formerly set out as a note under section 2162 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by