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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 23 — Internal Security

§ 834. “Classified information” defined

Statutory text

For the purposes of this section, the term “classified information” means information which, for reasons of national security, is specifically designated by a United States Government agency for limited or restricted dissemination or distribution.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 88–290 · 78 Stat. 168

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 834

    (Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 88–290, Mar. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 170.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 88–290, Mar. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 170.)

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Credits

(Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 88–290, , 78 Stat. 170.)

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