Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§2671 Review of Certain Documents Before Declassification and Release
Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter V— SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS › Part B— Classified Information › § 2671
Summary
The Secretary of Energy must make sure any Department of Energy document that has national security information is checked for Restricted Data before it is declassified or released. The Secretary cannot use the automatic declassification rules in Executive Order No. 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note) if doing so could automatically declassify and release documents that contain Restricted Data.
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Title 50, §2671
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(a)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)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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 2162 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.
Amendments
2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted “Executive Order No. 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note)” for “Executive Order 12958”. 2013—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 113–66 substituted “Restricted Data” for “restricted data”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–239 struck out subsec. (c), which defined “restricted data”.
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 2671
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60