§3345 Limitation on Handling, Retention, and Storage of Certain Classified Materials by the Department of State

Summary

The Director of Central Intelligence must tell the listed congressional committees whether each part of the Department of State is fully following the Director’s rules for handling, keeping, and storing Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). The Director cannot say a State part is fully compliant if that part has a waiver. If a State part is not fully following the rules, the Director must quickly tell those committees. Starting January 1, 2001, a State part may not keep or store SCI unless the Director had certified it was fully compliant on that date. The Director may waive that ban if the waiver serves U.S. national security. Each waiver must be reported to the committees and must name the State part, explain why, list steps and a schedule to reach compliance, and say how the materials will be protected until compliance is achieved. Definitions: “Appropriate committees of Congress” — the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committee on International Relations. “Covered classified material” — SCI. “Covered element of the Department of State” — any State office that handles, keeps, or stores SCI. “Material” — any data in any form. “SCI level” — classification for intelligence information that must be handled under special access controls set by the Director.