(8) “Original classification" means an initial determination that information requires, in the interest of national security, protection against unauthorized disclosure, together with a classification designation signifying the level of protection required. Sec. 6.2 General. (a) Nothing in this Order shall supersede any requirement made by or under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. "Restricted Data" and "Formerly Restricted Data" shall be handled, protected, classified, downgraded, and declassified in conformity with the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and regulations issued under that Act. (b) The Attorney General, upon request by the head of an agency or the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office, shall render an interpretation of this Order with respect to any question arising in the course of its administration. (c) Nothing in this Order limits the protection afforded any information by other provisions of law. (d) Executive Order No. 12065 of June 28, 1978, as amended, is revoked as of the effective date of this Order. (e) This Order shall become effective on August 1, 1982. Ronald Reagan RULE XLVIII OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RULE XLVIII PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE 1. (a) There is hereby established a permanent select committee to be known as the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (hereinafter in this rule referred to as the "select committee"). The select committee shall be composed of not more than sixteen Members with representation to include at least one Member from: (1) the Committee on Appropriations; (2) the Committee on Armed Services; (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and (b) The majority leader of the House and the minority leader of the House shall be ex officio members of the select committee but shall have no vote in the committee and shall not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum. (c) No Member of the House may serve on the select committee for more than six years of continuous service, exclusive of service by any Member of the House on such committee during the Ninety-fifth Congress. To the greatest extent practicable, at least four of the Members of the House appointed to the select committee at the beginning of the Ninety-seventh Congress and each Congress thereafter shall be Members of the House who did not serve on such committee during the preceding Congress. 2. (a) There shall be referred to the select committee all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following: (1) The Central Intelligence Agency and the Director of Central Intelligence. (2) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of all other departments and agencies of the Government, including, but not limited to, the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and other agencies of the Department of Defense; the Department of State; the Department of Justice; and the Department of the Treasury. (3) The organization or reorganization of any department or agency of the Government to the extent that the organization or reorganization relates to a function or activity involving intelligence or intelligence-related activities. (4) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and indirect, for the following: (A) The Central Intelligence Agency and Director of Central Intelligence. (B) The Defense Intelligence Agency. (D) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of other agencies and subdivisions of the Department of Defense. (E) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Department of State. (F) The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including all activities of the Intelligence Division. (G) Any department, agency, or subdivision which is the successor to any agency named in subdivision (A), (B), or (C); and the activities of any department, agency, or subdivision which is the successor to any department, agency, bureau, or subdivision named in subdivision (D), (E), or (F), to the extent that the activities of such successor department, agency, or subdivision are activities described in subdivision (D), (E), or (F). (b) Any proposed legislation initially reported by the select committee, except any legislation involving matters specified in subparagraph (1) or (4)(A) of paragraph (a), containing any matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of any standing committee shall, at the request of the chairman of such standing committee, be referred to such standing committee by the Speaker for its consideration of such matter and be reported to the House by such standing committee within the time prescribed by the Speaker in the referral; and any proposed legislation initially reported by any committee, other than the select committee, which contains any matter within the jurisdiction of the select committee shall, at the request of the chairman of the select committee, be referred by the Speaker to the select committee for its consideration of such matter and be reported to the House within the time prescribed by the Speaker in the referral. (c) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as prohibiting or otherwise restricting the authority of any other committee to study and review any intelligence or intelligence-related activity to the extent that such activity directly affects a matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such committee. (d) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as amending, limiting, or otherwise changing the authority of any standing committee of the House to obtain full and prompt access to the product of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of any department or agency of the Government relevant to a matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of such committee. 3. (a) The select committee, for the purposes of accountability to the House, shall make regular and periodic reports to the House on the nature and extent of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the various departments and agencies of the United States. Such committee shall promptly call to the attention of the House or to any other appropriate committee or committees of the House any matters requiring the attention of the House or such other committee or committees. In making such reports, the select |