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

§6233 Supplement to Plan for Declassification of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data

Title 10 › Subtitle 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 › § 6233

Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy and the Archivist must create a supplement to the government’s declassification plan. They must talk with members of the National Security Council and consult the Secretary of Defense and other appropriate federal agency heads. The supplement must apply the main plan, including the specific required element, 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 other records under the main plan. The Secretary of Energy must send the supplement to the same recipients who received the main plan.

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1995, 60 F.R. 19825, which was formerly set out as a note under section 3161 of Title 50, War and National Defense, and was revoked by Ex.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).