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[CITE: 50USC432]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
      SUBCHAPTER V--PROTECTION OF OPERATIONAL FILES OF THE CENTRAL 
                           INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
 
Sec. 432. Decennial review of exempted operational files


(a) Review by Director of Central Intelligence

    Not less than once every ten years, the Director of Central 
Intelligence shall review the exemptions in force under subsection (a) 
of section 431 of this title to determine whether such exemptions may be 
removed from any category of exempted files or any portion thereof.

(b) Consideration; historical value; public interest

    The review required by subsection (a) of this section shall include 
consideration of the historical value or other public interest in the 
subject matter of the particular category of files or portions thereof 
and the potential for declassifying a significant part of the 
information contained therein.

(c) Judicial review

    A complainant who alleges that the Central Intelligence Agency has 
improperly withheld records because of failure to comply with this 
section may seek judicial review in the district court of the United 
States of the district in which any of the parties reside, or in the 
District of Columbia. In such a proceeding, the court's review shall be 
limited to determining (1) whether the Central Intelligence Agency has 
conducted the review required by subsection (a) of this section within 
ten years of enactment of this title or within ten years after the last 
review, and (2) whether the Central Intelligence Agency, in fact, 
considered the criteria set forth in subsection (b) of this section in 
conducting the required review.

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title VII, Sec. 702, as added Pub. L. 98-477, 
Sec. 2(a), Oct. 15, 1984, 98 Stat. 2211.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 15, 1984, and applicable with respect to any 
request for records, whether or not such request was made prior to Oct. 
15, 1984, and applicable to all civil actions not commenced prior to 
Feb. 7, 1984, see section 4 of Pub. L. 98-477, set out as a note under 
section 431 of this title.


   Declassification and Release of CIA Information of Historical Value

    Section 3 of Pub. L. 98-477 directed Director of Central 
Intelligence, in consultation with Archivist of the United States, 
Librarian of Congress, and appropriate representatives of historical 
discipline selected by Archivist, to prepare and submit report to 
Congress by June 1, 1985, on feasibility of conducting systematic review 
for declassification and release of Central Intelligence Agency 
information of historical value. Director was also required to prepare 
and submit four unclassified reports, one each six months beginning by 
Apr. 15, 1985, which were to include a description of the specific 
measures established by Director to improve processing of requests under 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code, current budgetary and 
personnel allocations for such processing, the number of such requests 
(i) received and processed during the preceding six months, and (ii) 
pending at time of submission of such report, and an estimate of current 
average response time for completing the processing of such requests.
