[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR8.31]

[Page 78]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 8_CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: CLASSIFICATION/DECLASSIFICATION/ACCESS
--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C_Access to Information
 
Sec.  8.31  Industrial security.

    (a) Background. The National Industrial Security Program was 
established by Executive Order 12829 of January 6, 1993 for the 
protection of information classified pursuant to Executive Order 12356 
of April 2, 1982, National Security Information, or its predecessor or 
successor orders, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The 
Secretary of Defense serves as the Executive Agent for inspecting and 
monitoring contractors, licensees, grantees, and certificate holders 
that require or will require access to, or that store or will store, 
classified information, and for determining the eligibility for access 
to classified information of contractors, licensees, certificate 
holders, and grantees, and their respective employees.
    (b) Implementing regulations. The Secretary of Transportation has 
entered into agreement for the Secretary of Defense to render industrial 
security services for the Department of Transportation. Regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense to fulfill the provisions of 
Executive Order 12829 have been extended to protect release of 
classified information for which the Secretary of Transportation is 
responsible. Specifically, this regulation is DOD 5220.22-M, National 
Industrial Security Program Operating Manual. This regulation is 
effective within the Department of Transportation, which functions as a 
User Agency as prescribed in the regulation. Appropriate security 
staffs, project personnel, and contracting officers assure that actions 
required by the regulation are taken.