[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 22CFR9a.4]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 9a_SECURITY INFORMATION REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL 
 
Sec.  9a.4  Classification.

    (a) Section 1 of E.O. 11932, August 4, 1976 directs that information 
and material obtained pursuant to the International Energy Program and 
which requires protection against unauthorized disclosure in the 
interest of the national defense or foreign relations of the United 
States shall be classified pursuant to Executive Order 11652.
    (b) Information and material, including transcripts, records, and 
communications, in the possession of the United States Government which 
has been obtained pursuant to (1) section 252(c)(3), (d)(2) or (e)(3) of 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (89 Stat. 871, 42 U.S.C. 
6272(c)(3), (d)(2), (e)(3)), or (2) The Voluntary Agreement and Program 
Relating to the International Energy Program (40 FR 16041, April 8, 
1975), or (3) the Voluntary Agreement and Plan of Action to Implement 
the International Energy Program (41 FR 13998, April 1, 1976), or (4) 
Any similar Voluntary Agreement and Program entered into under the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act shall be reviewed by an officer of 
the Department of State with classifying authority for the purpose of 
determining whether such information or material should be classified 
pursuant to E.O. 11652. If the officer determines that the information 
or material warrants classification, he shall assign it the appropriate 
classification. Such information or material may be exempted from the 
General Declassification Schedule established by section 5 of Executive 
Order No. 11652 if it was obtained by the United States on the 
understanding that it be kept in confidence, or if it might otherwise be 
exempted under section 5(B) of such Order.
    (c) In classifying such information or material, officers of the 
Department of State shall follow the standards in E.O. 11652 and the 
provisions of 22 CFR 9.5 through 9.8.