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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§6231 Review of Certain Documents Before Declassification and Release

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART VI — ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense › CHAPTER 605 — SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS › SUBCHAPTER II — CLASSIFIED INFORMATION › § 6231

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must make sure any Department of Energy document that includes national security information is checked for Restricted Data before it is released or declassified. The Secretary cannot apply the automatic declassification rules in Executive Order No. 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note) if doing so would cause documents with Restricted Data to be automatically declassified and released.

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Title 10, §6231

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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 No. 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note) if the Secretary determines that such implementation could result in the automatic declassification and release of documents containing Restricted Data.

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Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2671 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 6231

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110