[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR3a.12]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 3a_NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3a.12  Authority to classify official information.

    (a) The authority to classify information or material originally 
under E.O. 11652 is restricted to those offices within the executive 
branch which are concerned with matters of national security, and is 
limited to the minimum number absolutely required for efficient 
administration.
    (b) The authority to classify information or material originally as 
Top Secret is to be exercised only by such officials as the President 
may designate in writing and by the heads of the following departments 
and agencies and such of their principal staff officials as the heads of 
these departments and agencies may designate in writing;

Such offices in the Executive Office of the President as the President 
may designate in writing.
Central Intelligence Agency.
Atomic Energy Commission.
Department of State.
Department of the Treasury.
Department of Defense.
Department of the Army.
Department of the Navy.
Department of the Air Force.
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Department of Justice.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Agency for International Development.

    (c) The authority to classify information or material originally as 
Secret is exercised only by:
    (1) Officials who have Top Secret classification authority under 
Sec. 3a.11(b); and
    (2) The heads of the following departments and agencies and such 
principal staff officials as they may designate in writing:

Department of Transportation.
Federal Communications Commission.
Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Department of Commerce.
U.S. Civil Service Commission.
U.S. Information Agency.
General Services Administration.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Civil Aeronautics Board.
Federal Maritime Commission.
Federal Power Commission.
National Science Foundation.
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

    (d) The authority to classify information or material originally as 
Confidential is exercised by officials who have Top Secret or Secret 
classification authority.
    (e) Pursuant to E.O. 11652, the authority to classify information or 
material originally as Secret or Confidential in the FPC shall be 
exercised only by the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, and the Executive 
Director. When an incumbent change occurs in these positions, the name 
of the new incumbent will be reported to the Interagency Classification 
Review Committee NSC.