Part 1. SAFEGUARDING THE CONTENTS OF RESTRICTED MATERIAL

101.

Definition of Restricted Material

All material received from an executive department or

agency that bears a "Top Secret", "Secret" or "Confidential” mark is "restricted material", and it shall be accorded the strictest security precautions.

102. Receipt of Restricted Material

The Security Director is officially authorized to receive restricted material on behalf of the Committee. In the event that restricted material comes into the possession of any other staff member, it shall be immediately delivered to the Security Director, or in his absence, his designee.

All restricted material shall be stored in the Security Office in a safe or safe-type steel file, container with a three-position dual-type combination lock. All such safes and containers shall be assigned an identi~~

fication number or symbol, which shall be affixed to the

outside of the container. Only the Chief Counsel and

Security Director shall have access to the combinations of such safes and containers.

104. Registration of Restricted Material

Upon receipt of restricted material, the Security' Director or his designee shall: assign the material an identification number; record in the security log the date of receipt, identification number, executive source, a brief physical description of the material, and the safe in which it is to be stored; and notify the Chief Counsel of its receipt.

105. Access to Restricted Material

(a) Committee Employees. No member of the Committee staff or person engaged to perform services for the Committee shall have access to restricted material unless granted a security clearance pursuant to Section 301 below.

(1) The Chief Counsel shall have access, and

the power to grant access, to all restricted material, unless the Chairman directs that access be limited to the Chief Counsel and other specified persons;

(2)

"Need-to-know".

Access to restricted material

shall only be granted to Committee employees when required in the performance of their official duties. No employee exclusively assigned to either investigation shall have access to restricted material that does not pertain to that investigation. The Security Director shall require written authorization, which shall be retained in the Security Office, before re

leasing the specified material.

Committee's possession only in accordance with Rule 13 of the

Select Committee, which provides:

Rule 13. Access by Members of the House of Representatives to Restricted (including classified and confidential) or Sensitive Information.

13.1 Members of the House of Representatives who desire access to restricted (including classified and confidential) or sensitive information will be escorted to a reading room within the Committee's offices after requesting access to such information from the Chief Counsel and Director.

13.2 Before receiving access to such information, Members will be required to identify the material, document or information they desire to read, identify themselves to the staff member assigned, and sign the Access Information sheet.

13.3 The Access Information sheet to be signed by Members will state the Member has read all the Committee's rules and in particular Rule 13, and agrees to honor them.

13.4 Restricted (including classified and confidential) or sensitive information shall be treated as such by all Members who receive access.

13.5 Restricted (including classified and confidential) or sensitive information will be available only during regular Committee hours. Only Members of the House of Representatives may have access to such information.

13.6 Information to which the Member receives access may not be removed from the reading room, and a staff member will be present at all times.

13.7 An access log will be kept identifying the material, staff member assigned, and the time of arrival and departure of all Members having

access.

13.8 The staff member assigned will insure that the material examined by the Member is returned to the proper custodian for safekeeping.

13.9 No notes, reproductions or recordings may be made of any restricted (including classified and confidential) or sensitive information.

13.10 Restricted (including classified and confidential) or sensitive information will not be divulged by Members who receive access in any way, form, shape or manner.

106. Examination of Restricted Material

Restricted material may only be examined in the

Security Office or in a secure reading room designated for such purpose. When examination is completed, or at the end of the official work day, restricted material shall be returned to and stored in the Security Office. The Security Director or his designee shall record in the security log the date, time(s) of release and return, and name(s) of the person(s) authorizing and receiving access.

107. Retention of Restricted Material

No restricted material shall be destroyed while in the Committee's possession. All restricted material . shall be returned to the supplier thereof when the Com mittee determines that retention is no longer necessary, and the Chairman authorizes its return.