(i) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The decision- 
making process of the Board may be classified, but the 
final decisions of the Board and the reports submitted 
under this Act shall be made available to the public. 
(j) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS AND MEETING.— 
(1) INITIAL
APPOINTMENTS.—Initial appoint-
ments of members of the Board shall be made not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) INITIAL MEETING.—The Board shall hold 
its first meeting not later than 30 days after the 
date on which all members of the Board have been 
appointed. 
(k) WEBSITE.—The Board shall establish a website 
not later than 90 days after the date on which all members 
of the Board have been appointed. 
SEC. 4. DUTIES OF BOARD. 
(a) REVIEW OF CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall conduct a 
thorough review of the classification system for na-
tional security information, including the policy, pro-
cedures, and practices of the system. The Board 
shall recommend reforms of such system to ensure— 
(A) the protection of the national security 
of the United States;
(B) the sharing of information among Gov-
ernment agencies; and 
(C) an open and informed public discussion 
of national security issues. 
(2) SCOPE OF REVIEW.— 
(A) CONSULTATION.—The Board shall 
consult with the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, the Committee on Armed Services, and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate and the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence, the Committee on Armed Services, 
and the Committee on International Relations 
of the House of Representatives in determining 
the scope of its review of the classification sys-
tem. 
(B) REVIEW.—The Board shall submit a 
report describing the proposed scope of review 
to the President and the committees of Con-
gress referred to in subparagraph (A) for com-
ment. 
(C) REVISIONS.—Not later than 30 days 
after receiving the report under subparagraph 
(B)—
(i) the President shall notify the 
Board in writing of any revisions to such 
scope of review; and 
(ii) each committee of Congress re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) may submit 
to the Board, in writing, any comments of 
the committee on the proposed scope of re-
view. 
(b) ADOPTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMA-
TION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Board shall prescribe 
the classification system for national security infor-
mation, which shall apply to all departments and 
agencies of the United States. 
(2) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
Board shall, in accordance with the scope of review 
developed under subsection (a)(2), review the classi-
fication system for national security information and 
submit to the President and Congress its findings 
and recommendations for new procedures and stand-
ards to be used in such classification system. 
(3) CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.—Not later than 
180 days after the date on which all members of the 
Board have been confirmed by the Senate, the 
Board shall adopt a classification system for na-
tional security information, incorporating any com-
ments received from the President and considering 
any comments received from Congress. Upon the 
adoption of the classification system, the system 
shall be used for the classification of all national se-
curity information. 
(c) REVIEW OF CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall, upon its 
own initiative or pursuant to a request under para-
graph (3), review any classification decision made by 
an Executive agency with respect to national secu-
rity information. 
(2) ACCESS.—The Board shall have access to 
all documents or other materials that are classified 
on the basis of containing national security informa-
tion. 
(3) REQUESTS FOR REVIEW.—The Board shall 
review in a timely manner the existing or proposed 
classification of any document or other material the 
review of which is requested by— 
(A) the head or Inspector General of an 
Executive agency who is an authorized holder of 
such document or material; or 
(B) the chairman or ranking member of—