§2673 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Energy and the Archivist must create a supplement to the existing declassification plan. They must do this after talking with the National Security Council and after consulting the Secretary of Defense and other federal agency heads. The supplement must make the plan, including its review steps, apply 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 plan. The Secretary of Energy must send the supplement to the same people and agencies who received the original plan.

Title 50, §2673

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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 2672 of this title.

(b)The supplement shall provide for the application of that plan (including in particular the element of the plan required by subsection (b)(1) of section 2672 of this title) 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 2672 of this title, 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 2672 of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Executive Order No. 12958, referred to in subsec. (b), which was formerly set out as a note under section 435 (now section 3161) of this title, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13526, § 6.2(g), Dec. 29, 2009, 75 F.R. 731. Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 435 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(h)(13)(D)(i), substituted “subsection (a) of section 2672 of this title” for “subsection (a) of section 3161 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 112 Stat. 2260; 50 U.S.C. 435 note)”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(h)(13)(D)(ii), substituted “subsection (b)(1) of section 2672 of this title” for “section 3161(b)(1) of that Act” and “October 17, 1998,” for “the date of the enactment of that Act”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(h)(13)(D)(iii), substituted “subsection (c) of section 2672 of this title” for “section 3161(c) of that Act” and “subsection (a) of such section” for “section 3161(a) of that Act”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(h)(13)(D)(iv), substituted “subsection (d) of section 2672 of this title” for “section 3161(d) of that Act”.

§2673 Supplement to Plan for Declassification of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data