Protection against inadvertent release of restricted data and formerly restricted data

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART VI—ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS > Subpart B—Atomic Energy Defense > CHAPTER 605—SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS > SUBCHAPTER II—CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

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The Secretary of Energy and the Archivist of the United States shall, after consultation with the members of the National Security Council and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, develop a plan to prevent the inadvertent release of records containing Restricted Data or Formerly Restricted Data during the automatic declassification of records under Executive Order No. 13526 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note).

(Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a) , (d)(2)(B), Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1409 , 1462.)

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