[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR201.44]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 201--RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart F--National Security Information
 
Sec.  201.44  Procedures.

    (a) Mandatory declassification review. (1) Requests for 
declassification and release of national security information in the 
custody of the Commission shall be directed to the Secretary. Requests 
must reasonably describe the information that is desired to be 
declassified. All requests for declassification submitted pursuant to 
the Freedom of Information Act shall be processed in accordance with the 
provisions of that act and the applicable regulations of the Commission 
(19 CFR 201.17 through 201.21).
    (2) Because the Commission does not have original classification 
authority and national security information in its custody has been 
classified by another Federal agency, the Secretary shall refer all 
requests for mandatory declassification review of classified information 
to the originating Federal agency along with his recommendations. 
Following consultation with the originating agency, the Secretary will 
notify the requestor of the referral.
    (b) Safeguarding. All classified materials shall be delivered to the 
addressee or his designee immediately upon receipt at the Commission. In 
the event that the addressee or his designee is not available to receive 
the materials, they shall be delivered to the Secretary and secured, 
unopened, in a combination safe located in his office until the 
addressee or his designee is available. Under no circumstances shall 
classified materials that cannot be delivered to the addressee or his 
designee be stored other than in a GSA approved safe. Access to 
classified materials at the Commission shall be limited to officers and 
employees of the Commission on the basis of a favorable determination of 
trustworthiness on the basis of appropriate personnel security 
investigations and a need for access in the performance of official 
duties.
    (c) Reproduction. ``Top Secret'' documents may not be reproduced 
without the consent of the originating agency unless otherwise marked by 
that agency. Documents that have been classified ``Secret'' or 
``Confidential'' with special dissemination orders may not be reproduced 
without the permission of the Executive Liaison and Special Adviser for 
Trade Agreements, and are subject to any limitations imposed by the 
originator. Reproduced copies shall be subject to the same controls as 
the original document. The Executive Liaison and Special Adviser for 
Trade Agreements shall establish a system of recording the number and 
distribution of copies reproduced from the original documents. 
Reproduction for the purposes of mandatory review shall not be 
restricted.
    (d) Storage. All classified material shall be stored in GSA-approved 
combination safes located at the Commission. The combinations shall be 
changed as required by section 2001.43(b) of Information Security 
Oversight Office Directive No. 1. The combinations shall be known only 
by those employees possessing an appropriate security clearance who have 
need for access in the performance of official duties.
    (e) Employee education. The Director of Administration shall 
establish for all employees who have been granted a security clearance 
an information security education program that will advise them of the 
handling, reproduction, and storage procedures for these materials. The 
education program will also enable employees to familiarize themselves 
with the Order and applicable directives of the Information Security 
Oversight Office. New employees will be instructed in these procedures

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as they enter employment with the Commission.
    (f) Agency terminology. The use of the terms ``Top Secret'', 
``Secret'', and ``Confidential'' shall be limited to material classified 
for national security purposes.