15 C.F.R. § 4a.4 Classification authority.
Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade
Authority to originally classify information as Secret or Confidential may be exercised only by the Secretary of Commerce and by officials to whom such authority is specifically delegated. No official of the Department is authorized to originally classify information as Top Secret.
Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade
PART 4a—CLASSIFICATION, DECLASSIFICATION, AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
§ 4a.4 Classification authority.
