---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 9.7"
title: "22"
number: "9.7"
heading: "Identification and marking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/9.7"
---

# §9.7. Identification and marking.

- (a) Classified information shall be marked pursuant to the standards set forth in [section 1.6](/cfr/22/1.6.md) of the Executive Order, [32 CFR part 2001](/cfr/32/part2001.md), [subpart C](/cfr/22/subpartC.md), and internal Department guidance in 5 Foreign Affairs Manual.
- (b) Foreign government information shall retain its original classification markings or be marked and classified at a U.S. classification level that provides a degree of protection at least equivalent to that required by the entity that furnished the information. Foreign government information retaining its original classification markings need not be assigned a U.S. classification marking provided the responsible agency determines that the foreign government markings are adequate to meet the purposes served by U.S. classification markings.
- (c) Information assigned a level of classification under predecessor executive orders shall be considered as classified at that level of classification despite the omission of other required markings.
- (d) Prior to public release, all declassified records shall be appropriately marked to reflect their declassification.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 13526 (75 FR 707, January 5, 2010); Information Security Oversight Office Directive 32 CFR part 2001 (75 FR 37254, June 28, 2010).

### Source

Source: 79 FR 35936, June 25, 2014, unless otherwise noted.