6 U.S.C. § 662 (2024)

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Clearances

Official statutory text

The Secretary shall make available the process of application for security clearances under Executive Order 13549 (75 Fed. Reg. 162; 1 relating to a classified national security information program) or any successor Executive Order to appropriate representatives of sector coordinating councils, sector Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, owners and operators of critical infrastructure, and any other person that the Secretary determines appropriate.

(Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, §2212, formerly title II, §229, formerly §228, as added Pub. L. 113–282, §7(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3070; renumbered §229, Pub. L. 114–113, div. N, title II, §223(a)(1), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2963; renumbered title XXII, §2212, and amended Pub. L. 115–278, §2(g)(2)(I), (9)(A)(vi), Nov. 16, 2018, 132 Stat. 4178, 4181; Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXI, §7143(b)(2)(G), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3660.)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Executive Order 13549, referred to in text, is Ex. Ord. No. 13549, Aug. 18, 2010, 75 F.R. 51609, which is set out as a note under section 3161 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 150 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 115–278.

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted "Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations" for "information sharing and analysis organizations (as defined in section 671(5) of this title)".

2018—Pub. L. 115–278, §2(g)(9)(A)(vi), substituted "section 671(5) of this title" for "section 131(5) of this title".

1 So in original. Probably should be "51609;".

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