[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR4a.4]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 4a--CLASSIFICATION, DECLASSIFICATION, AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4a.4  Classification authority.

    Authority to originally classify information as Secret or 
Confidential may be exercised only by the Secretary of Commerce and by 
officials to whom such authority is specifically delegated. No official 
of the Department is authorized to originally classify information as 
Top Secret.

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