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 PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 525 (5) the term "the Treaty" means the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968; and (6) the terms "IAEA safeguards", "non-nuclear-weapon state", "nuclear explosive device", and "specitd nuclear material" have the meanings given those terms in section 830 of this Act. PART D—TERMINATION SEC. 851. TERMINATION UPON ENACTMENT OF NEXT FOREIGN RELA- TIONS ACT. On the date of enactment of the first Foreign Relations Authorization Act that is enacted after the enactment of this Act, the provisions of parts A and B of this title shall cease to be effective, the amendments made by those parts shall be repealed, and any provision of law repealed by those parts shall be reenacted. TITLE IX—COMMISSION ON PROTECT- ING AND REDUCING GOVERNMENT SECRECY SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Protection and Reduction of Government Secrecy Act". SEC. 902. FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings: (1) During the Cold War an extensive secrecy system developed which limited public access to information and reduced the ability of the public to participate with full knowledge in the process of governmental decisionmaking. (2) In 1992 alone 6,349,532 documents were classified and approximately three million persons held some form of security clearance. (3) The burden of managing more than 6 million newly classified documents every year has led to tremendous administrative expense, reduced communication within the government and within the scientific community, reduced communication between the government and the people of the United States, and the selective and unauthorized public disclosure of classified information. (4) It has been estimated that private businesses spend more than $14 billion each year implementing government mandated regulations for protecting classified information. (5) If a smaller amount of tru^ sensitive information were classified the information could be held more securely. (6) In 1970 a Task Force org:anized by the Defense Science Bocird and headed by Dr. Frederick Seitz concluded that "more might be gained than lost if our Nation were to adopt—^unilaterally, if necessary—a policy of complete openness in all areas of information". (7) The procedures for granting security clearances have themselves become an expensive and inefficient part of the secrecy system and should be closely examined. 22 USC 3201 note. Protection and Reduction of Government Secrecy Act. Classified information. 50 USC 401 note.

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