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22 U.S.C. § 4354

Declassification of State Department records

United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective

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22 U.S.C. § 4354, Declassification of State Department records, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/457734
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Subsection (a) shall not apply to any record (or portion thereof) the publication of which the Secretary of State, in coordination with any agency that originated information in the records, determines— The Advisory Committee shall review— The Advisory Committee shall annually submit to the Secretary of State and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report setting forth its findings from the review conducted under subsection (c). Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives on the compliance of the Department of State with the provisions of this chapter, including— Each report required to be submitted by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, together with a classified annex if necessary.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 102-138(H.R. 1415)1991-10-28
    Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
    House: no recorded tallySenate: 86–11
  • Amended byPub. L. 107-228(H.R. 1646)2002-09-30
    Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003
    House: 352–73Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 117-81(S. 1605)2021-12-27
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
    House: 363–70Senate: no recorded tally