Whenever an agency is processing a request pursuant to section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the "Freedom of Information Act") or the mandatory declassification review provisions of Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national security information), or successor order, and identifies responsive classified records that are more than 25 years of age as of December 31 of the year in which the request is received, the head of the agency shall, in accordance with existing processes to protect national security under the Freedom of Information Act and the mandatory review provisions of Executive Order 12526,1 review the record and process the record for declassification and release by the National Declassification Center of the National Archives and Records Administration, unless the head of agency-
Subsection (a) shall apply regardless of whether or not the record described in such subsection is in the legal custody of the National Archives and Records Administration.
1 So in original. Probably should be "13526,".
50 U.S.C. § 3350a
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTExecutive Order 13526, referred to in subsec. (a), is Ex. Ord. No. 13526, Dec. 29, 2009, 75 F.R. 707, 1013, which is set out as a note under section 3161 of this title.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
DEFINITIONSFor definition of "congressional intelligence committees" as used in this section, see section 7002 of Pub. L. 118-31, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.