; relating to classified national security information), or successor order, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and is marked to indicate its classified status when in documentary form. (4) Declassification The term declassification means the authorized change in the status of information from classified information to unclassified information. (5) Document The term document means any recorded information, regardless of the nature of the medium or the method or circumstances of recording. (6) Downgrade The term downgrade means a determination by a declassification authority that information classified and safeguarded at a specified level shall be classified and safeguarded at a lower level. (7) Information The term information means any knowledge that can be communicated or documentary material, regardless of its physical form or characteristics, that is owned by, is produced by or for, or is under the control of the United States Government. (8) Originate, originating, and originated The term originate , originating , and originated , with respect to classified information and an authority, means the authority that classified the information in the first instance. (9) Records The term records means the records of an agency and Presidential papers or Presidential records, as those terms are defined in title 44, United States Code, including those created or maintained by a government contractor, licensee, certificate holder, or grantee that are subject to the sponsoring agency’s control under the terms of the contract, license, certificate, or grant. (10) Security clearance The term security clearance means an authorization to access classified information. (11) Unauthorized disclosure The term unauthorized disclosure means a communication or physical transfer of classified information to an unauthorized recipient. (12) Unclassified information The term unclassified information means information that is not classified information. 753. Findings and sense of the Senate (a) Findings The Senate