15 CFR 4a.1
§ 4a.1 General.
United States · 15 CFR — Commerce and Foreign Trade · Status: effective
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- 15 CFR 4a.1, § 4a.1 General, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/60855
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Executive Order 13526 provides the only basis for classifying information within the Department of Commerce (Department), except as provided in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The Department's policy is to make information concerning its activities available to the public, consistent with the need to protect the national defense and foreign relations of the United States. Accordingly, security classification shall be applied only to protect the national security.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.