[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR17.21]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 17_CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED 
 
                    Subpart B_Classified Information
 
Sec. 17.21  Classification and declassification authority.


    (a) Top Secret original classification authority may only be 
exercised by the Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General for 
Administration, and officials to whom such authority is delegated in 
writing by the Attorney General. No official who is delegated Top Secret 
classification authority pursuant to this paragraph may redelegate such 
authority.
    (b) The Assistant Attorney General for Administration may delegate 
original Secret and Confidential classification authority to subordinate 
officials determined to have frequent need to exercise such authority. 
No official who is delegated original classification authority pursuant 
to this paragraph may redelegate such authority.
    (c) Officials authorized to classify information at a specified 
level are also authorized to classify information at a lower level. In 
the absence of an official authorized to exercise classification 
authority pursuant to this section, the person designated to act in lieu 
of such official may exercise the official's classification authority.

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