Part 17 — Classified National Security Information and Access to Classified Information
Current through Sep 21, 2026
Authority: 28 U.S.C. 501, 509, 510, 515-519; 5 U.S.C. 301; E.O. 12958, 60 FR 19825, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 333; E.O. 12968, 60 FR 40245, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 391; 32 CFR part 2001.
Source: Order No. 2091-97, 62 FR 36984, July 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 17.1 Purpose.
- § 17.2 Scope.
- § 17.3 Definitions.
- § 17.11 Authority of the Assistant Attorney General for Administration.
- § 17.12 Component head responsibilities.
- § 17.13 National Security Division; interpretation of Executive Orders.
- § 17.14 Department Review Committee.
- § 17.15 Access Review Committee.
- § 17.16 Violations of classified information requirements.
- § 17.17 Judicial proceedings.
- § 17.18 Prepublication review.
- § 17.21 Classification and declassification authority.
- § 17.22 Classification of information; limitations.
- § 17.23 Emergency classification requests.
- § 17.24 Duration of classification.
- § 17.25 Identification and markings.
- § 17.26 Derivative classification.
- § 17.27 Declassification and downgrading.
- § 17.28 Automatic declassification.
- § 17.29 Documents of permanent historical value.
- § 17.30 Classification challenges.
- § 17.31 Mandatory review for declassification requests.
- § 17.32 Notification of classification changes.
- § 17.41 Access to classified information.
- § 17.42 Positions requiring financial disclosure.
- § 17.43 Reinvestigation requirements.
- § 17.44 Access eligibility.
- § 17.45 Need-to-know.
- § 17.46 Access by persons outside the Executive Branch.
- § 17.47 Denial or revocation of eligibility for access to classified information.