§6233 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6233 Supplement to plan for declassification of restricted data and formerly restricted data

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy and the Archivist of the United States must work with the National Security Council, the Secretary of Defense, and other federal agencies to create a supplement to the declassification plan required under section 6232. The supplement must apply that plan (especially the part required by section 6232(b)(1)) to all records covered by Executive Order No. 12958 that were found suitable for declassification before October 17, 1998. Those records must be handled the same way as the records listed in section 6232(a) for the purposes of section 6232(c). The Secretary of Energy must send the supplement to the same recipients who received the original plan under section 6232(d).

Title 10, §6233

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(a)The Secretary of Energy and the Archivist of the United States shall, after consultation with the members of the National Security Council and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, develop a supplement to the plan required under subsection (a) of section 6232.

(b)The supplement shall provide for the application of that plan (including in particular the element of the plan required by section 6232(b)(1)) to all records subject to Executive Order No. 12958 that were determined before October 17, 1998, to be suitable for declassification.

(c)All records referred to in subsection (b) shall be treated, for purposes of subsection (c) of section 6232, in the same manner as records referred to in subsection (a) of such section.

(d)The Secretary of Energy shall submit the supplement required under subsection (a) to the recipients of the plan referred to in subsection (d) of section 6232.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Executive Order No. 12958, referred to in subsec. (b), is Ex. Ord. No. 12958, Apr. 17, 1995, 60 F.R. 19825, which was formerly set out as a note under section 3161 of Title 50, War and National Defense, and was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13526, § 6.2(g), Dec. 29, 2009, 75 F.R. 731.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2673 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).