50 U.S.C. § 3355g - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 50. War and National Defense § 3355g. Definitions

(1)Agency

(2)Classified material or record

The terms “classified material” and “classified record” include any correspondence, memorandum, book, plan, map, drawing, diagram, pictorial or graphic work, photograph, film, microfilm, sound recording, videotape, machine readable records, and other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that has been determined pursuant to Executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of the national security of the United States.

(3)Declassification

The term “declassification” means the process by which records or materials that have been classified are determined no longer to require protection from unauthorized disclosure to protect the national security of the United States.

(4)Donated historical material

The term “donated historical material” means collections of personal papers donated or given to a Federal Presidential library or other archival repository under a deed of gift or otherwise.

(5)Federal Presidential library

The term “Federal Presidential library” means a library operated and maintained by the United States Government through the National Archives and Records Administration under the applicable provisions of the Federal Records Act of 1950.

(6)National security

The term “national security” means the national defense or foreign relations of the United States.

(7)Records or materials of extraordinary public interest

The term “records or materials of extraordinary public interest” means records or materials that--

(8)Records of archival value

The term “records of archival value” means records that have been determined by the Archivist of the United States to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the Federal Government.