6 U.S.C. § 114 : US Code - Section 114: Sensitive Security Information

Search 6 U.S.C. § 114 : US Code - Section 114: Sensitive Security Information

Using funds made available in this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall provide that each office within the Department that
handles documents marked as Sensitive Security Information (SSI)
shall have at least one employee in that office with authority to
coordinate and make determinations on behalf of the agency that
such documents meet the criteria for marking as SSI: Provided, That
not later than December 31, 2005, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives: (1) Department-wide policies for designating,
coordinating and marking documents as SSI; (2) Department-wide
auditing and accountability procedures for documents designated and
marked as SSI; (3) the total number of SSI Coordinators within the
Department; and (4) the total number of staff authorized to
designate SSI documents within the Department: Provided further,
That not later than January 31, 2006, the Secretary shall provide
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives the title of all DHS documents that are designated
as SSI in their entirety during the period October 1, 2005, through
December 31, 2005: Provided further, That not later than January 31
of each succeeding year, starting on January 31, 2007, the
Secretary shall provide annually a similar report to the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on
the titles of all DHS documents that are designated as SSI in their
entirety during the period of January 1 through December 31 for the
preceding year: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
promulgate guidance that includes common but extensive examples of
SSI that further define the individual categories of information
cited under 49 CFR 1520(b)(1) through (16) and eliminates judgment
by covered persons in the application of the SSI marking: Provided
further, That such guidance shall serve as the primary basis and
authority for the marking of DHS information as SSI by covered
persons.