---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 2400.24"
title: "32"
number: "2400.24"
heading: "Downgrading."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/2400.24"
---

# §2400.24. Downgrading.

- (a) When it will serve a useful purpose, original classification authorities may, at the time of original classification, specify that downgrading of the assigned classification will occur on a specified date or upon the occurrence of a stated event.
- (b) Classified information marked for automatic downgrading is downgraded accordingly without notification to holders.
- (c) Classified information not marked for automatic downgrading may be assigned a lower classification designation by the originator or by an official authorized to declassify the same information. Prompt notice of such downgrading shall be provided to known holders of the information.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12356 and Information Security Oversight Office Directive No. 1.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 10821, Mar. 15, 1983, unless otherwise noted.