{"identifier":"/us/usc/t50/s3345","title":50,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3345.","heading":"Limitation on handling, retention, and storage of certain classified materials by the Department of State","text":"\u00a7\u202f3345.\nLimitation on handling, retention, and storage of certain classified materials by the Department of State\n(a)\nCertification regarding full compliance with requirements\nThe Director of Central Intelligence shall certify to the appropriate committees of Congress whether or not each covered element of the Department of State is in full compliance with all applicable directives of the Director of Central Intelligence relating to the handling, retention, or storage of covered classified material.\n(b)\nLimitation on certification\nThe Director of Central Intelligence may not certify a covered element of the Department of State as being in full compliance with the directives referred to in subsection (a) if the covered element is currently subject to a waiver of compliance with respect to any such directive.\n(c)\nReport on noncompliance\nWhenever the Director of Central Intelligence determines that a covered element of the Department of State is not in full compliance with any directive referred to in subsection (a), the Director shall promptly notify the appropriate committees of Congress of such determination.\n(d)\nEffects of certification of non-full compliance\n(1) Subject to subsection (e), effective as of\nJanuary 1, 2001\n(2) If the prohibition in paragraph (1) takes effect in accordance with that paragraph, the prohibition shall remain in effect until the date on which the Director certifies under subsection (a) that the covered element involved is in full compliance with the directives referred to in that subsection.\n(e)\nWaiver by Director of Central Intelligence\n(1) The Director of Central Intelligence may waive the applicability of the prohibition in subsection (d) to an element of the Department of State otherwise covered by such prohibition if the Director determines that the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.\n(2) The Director shall submit to appropriate committees of Congress a report on each exercise of the waiver authority in paragraph (1).\n(3) Each report under paragraph (2) with respect to the exercise of authority under paragraph (1) shall set forth the following:\n(A) The covered element of the Department of State addressed by the waiver.\n(B) The reasons for the waiver.\n(C) The actions that will be taken to bring such element into full compliance with the directives referred to in subsection (a), including a schedule for completion of such actions.\n(D) The actions taken by the Director to protect any covered classified material to be handled, retained, or stored by such element pending achievement of full compliance of such element with such directives.\n(f)\nDefinitions\nIn this section:\n(1) The term \u201cappropriate committees of Congress\u201d means the following:\n(A) The Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.\n(B) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.\n(2) The term \u201ccovered classified material\u201d means any material classified at the Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) level.\n(3) The term \u201ccovered element of the Department of State\u201d means each element of the Department of State that handles, retains, or stores covered classified material.\n(4) The term \u201cmaterial\u201d means any data, regardless of physical form or characteristic, including written or printed matter, automated information systems storage media, maps, charts, paintings, drawings, films, photographs, engravings, sketches, working notes, papers, reproductions of any such things by any means or process, and sound, voice, magnetic, or electronic recordings.\n(5) The term \u201cSensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) level\u201d, in the case of classified material, means a level of classification for information in such material concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes that requires such information to be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of Central Intelligence.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t50/s3345.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3345."},{"t":"heading","text":"Limitation on handling, retention, and storage of certain classified materials by the Department of State"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Certification regarding full compliance with requirements"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Director of Central Intelligence shall certify to the appropriate committees of Congress whether or not each covered element of the Department of State is in full compliance with all applicable directives of the Director of Central Intelligence relating to the handling, retention, or storage of covered classified material.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Limitation on certification"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Director of Central Intelligence may not certify a covered element of the Department of State as being in full compliance with the directives referred to in subsection (a) if the covered element is currently subject to a waiver of compliance with respect to any such directive.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Report on noncompliance"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Whenever the Director of Central Intelligence determines that a covered element of the Department of State is not in full compliance with any directive referred to in subsection (a), the Director shall promptly notify the appropriate committees of Congress of such determination.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Effects of certification of non-full compliance"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/d/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" Subject to subsection (e), effective as of ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"January 1, 2001","tail":", a covered element of the Department of State may not retain or store covered classified material unless the Director has certified under subsection (a) as of such date that the covered element is in full compliance with the directives referred to in subsection (a)."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/d/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" If the prohibition in paragraph (1) takes effect in accordance with that paragraph, the prohibition shall remain in effect until the date on which the Director certifies under subsection (a) that the covered element involved is in full compliance with the directives referred to in that subsection.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Waiver by Director of Central Intelligence"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/e/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Director of Central Intelligence may waive the applicability of the prohibition in subsection (d) to an element of the Department of State otherwise covered by such prohibition if the Director determines that the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/e/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Director shall submit to appropriate committees of Congress a report on each exercise of the waiver authority in paragraph (1).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/e/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Each report under paragraph (2) with respect to the exercise of authority under paragraph (1) shall set forth the following:"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/e/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" The covered element of the Department of State addressed by the waiver.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/e/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" The reasons for the waiver.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/e/3/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" The actions that will be taken to bring such element into full compliance with the directives referred to in subsection (a), including a schedule for completion of such actions.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/e/3/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" The actions taken by the Director to protect any covered classified material to be handled, retained, or stored by such element pending achievement of full compliance of such element with such directives.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/f/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cappropriate committees of Congress\u201d means the following:"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/f/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/f/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/f/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ccovered classified material\u201d means any material classified at the Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) level.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/f/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ccovered element of the Department of State\u201d means each element of the Department of State that handles, retains, or stores covered classified material.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/f/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cmaterial\u201d means any data, regardless of physical form or characteristic, including written or printed matter, automated information systems storage media, maps, charts, paintings, drawings, films, photographs, engravings, sketches, working notes, papers, reproductions of any such things by any means or process, and sound, voice, magnetic, or electronic recordings.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t50/s3345/f/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cSensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) level\u201d, in the case of classified material, means a level of classification for information in such material concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes that requires such information to be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of Central Intelligence.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}