10 U.S.C. § 6235 — Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities

FEDERAL · 10 U.S.C. · Chapter 605

Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities

Current through Pub. L. 119-102

Title 10 — Armed Forces·Ch. 605 — SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS·Subch. II

(a)Amounts for Declassification of Records.—The Secretary of Energy shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31) specific identification, as a budgetary line item, of the amounts required to carry out programmed activities during that fiscal year to declassify records pursuant to Executive Order No. 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note), or any successor Executive order, or to comply with any statutory requirement to declassify Government records.

(b)Certification Required With Respect to Automatic Declassification of Records.—No records of the Department of Energy that have not as of October 5, 1999, been reviewed for decl

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(a) Amounts for Declassification of Records.—The Secretary of Energy shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31) specific identification, as a budgetary line item, of the amounts required to carry out programmed activities during that fiscal year to declassify records pursuant to Executive Order No. 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note), or any successor Executive order, or to comply with any statutory requirement to declassify Government records.
(b) Certification Required With Respect to Automatic Declassification of Records.—No records of the Department of Energy that have not as of October 5, 1999, been reviewed for declassification shall be subject to automatic declassification unless the Secretary of Energy certifies to Congress that such declassification would not harm the national security.

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History

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, §3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1411.)

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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2675 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, §3111(b)(1).

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Codification
Chapter analysis added pursuant to operation of section 102 of this title.

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Codification
Subchapter analysis added pursuant to operation of section 102 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

National Security Positions Within the Department of Energy
Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, §3127, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1470, provided that: "The Secretary of Energy shall treat any position in the Department of Energy which requires the performance of duties funded with amounts from subfunctional category 053, atomic energy defense activities, as a position necessary to fulfill the national security responsibilities of the Department of Energy."