50 USC § 3346 - Compilation and organization of previously declassified records

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title: "50 USC § 3346 - Compilation and organization of previously declassified records"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3346"
section_name: "Compilation and organization of previously declassified records"
chapter_number: 45
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SECURITY CLEARANCES AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1075], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–280.)"
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# § 3346. Compilation and organization of previously declassified records

**(a)** **, (b) Omitted** 

**(c)** **Compilation and organization of records** The Department of Defense may not be required, when conducting a special search, to compile or organize records that have already been declassified and placed into the public domain.

**(d)** **Special searches** For the purpose of this section, the term “special search” means the response of the Department of Defense to any of the following:

**(1)** A statutory requirement to conduct a declassification review on a specified set of agency records.

**(2)** An Executive order to conduct a declassification review on a specified set of agency records.

**(3)** An order from the President or an official with delegated authority from the President to conduct a declassification review on a specified set of agency records.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1075], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–280.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This section, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 1075 of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on , and as enacted into law by , , . See Codification note below.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified as a note under  prior to editorial reclassification as this section.

Section is comprised of section 1075 of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on , and as enacted into law by , , . Subsec. (a) of section 1075 amended former , Armed Forces and subsec. (b) of section 1075 was not classified to the Code.