[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR9.9]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 9--SECURITY INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9.9  Duration of classification.

    (a) Information shall be classified for as long as is required by 
national security considerations. When it can be determined, a specific 
date or event for declassification shall be set by the original 
classification authority at the time the information is originally 
classified.
    (b) Information classified under predecessor orders that is not 
subject to automatic declassification or that is marked for review 
before declassification shall remain classified until reviewed for 
declassification.
    (c) Automatic declassification determinations under predecessor 
orders shall remain valid unless the classification is extended by an 
authorized official of the originating agency. These extensions may be 
by individual documents or categories of information. The agency shall 
be responsible for notifying holders of the information of such 
extensions as soon as possible. The authority to extend the 
classification of information subject to automatic declassification 
under predecessor orders is limited to those officials who have 
classification authority over the information and are designated in 
writing to have original classification authority at the level of the 
information to remain classified. Any decision to extend this 
classification on other than a document-by-document basis shall be 
reported to the Director of the ISOO.