2020 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 45 - Miscellaneous Intelligence Community Authorities
Subchapter III-A - Public Interest Declassifications
Sec. 3355c - Protection of national security information and other information

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the head of an agency to classify information or to continue the classification of information previously classified by that agency.

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the head of an agency to grant or deny access to a special access program.

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the authorities of the Director of National Intelligence as the head of the intelligence community, including the Director's responsibility to protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure as required by section 103(c)(6) ¹ of the National Security Act of 1947.

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit any exemption or exception to the release to the public under this subchapter of information that is protected under subsection (b) of section 552 of title 5 (commonly referred to as the "Freedom of Information Act"), or section 552a of title 5 (commonly referred to as the "Privacy Act").

Nothing in this subchaper shall be construed to authorize the withholding of information from Congress.

(Pub. L. 106–567, title VII, §705, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2861; Pub. L. 110–53, title VI, §602(1), (3), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 335, 336.)

Section 103 of the National Security Act of 1947, referred to in subsec. (c), is act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, §103, as added Pub. L. 102–496, title VII, §705(a)(3), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3190, which was repealed by Pub. L. 108–458, title I, §§1011(a), 1097(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3643, 3698. See section 3024(i) of this title.

Section was formerly set out in a note under section 3161 of this title.

2007—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–53 substituted "Director of National Intelligence" for "Director of Central Intelligence" in heading and text.

¹ See References in Text note below.