---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 2003.3"
title: "32"
number: "2003.3"
heading: "Functions (Article III)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/2003.3"
---

# §2003.3. Functions (Article III).


In carrying out its purpose, the Panel:

- (a) Decides appeals by people who have filed classification challenges under [section 1.8](/cfr/32/1.8.md) of the Order;
- (b) Approves, denies, or amends agency exemptions from automatic declassification under [section 3.3](/cfr/32/3.3.md) of the Order;
- (c) Decides appeals by people or entities who have filed requests for mandatory declassification review under [section 3.5](/cfr/32/3.5.md) of the Order; and
- (d) Informs senior agency officials and the public, as appropriate, of final Panel decisions on appeals under sections [1.8](/cfr/32/1.8.md) and [3.5](/cfr/32/3.5.md) of the Order.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707, 75 FR 1013, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 298

### Source

Source: 77 FR 40261, July 9, 2012, unless otherwise noted.