5 CFR § 1400.203 - Periodic reinvestigation requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s1400.203"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 1400.203 - Periodic reinvestigation requirements."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1400.203"
section_name: "Periodic reinvestigation requirements."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE"
part_number: "1400"
part_name: "DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY POSITIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 1103(a)(5), 3301, 3302, 7312; 50 U.S.C. 3023, 3341; E.O. 10450, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 936; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 12968, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 391; E.O. 13467, 3 CFR, 2008 Comp., p. 196; 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 358."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 32262, June 5, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1400"
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# 1400.203 Periodic reinvestigation requirements.

(a) The incumbent of a national security position requiring eligibility for access to classified information is subject to the reinvestigation requirements of E.O. 12968.

(b) The incumbent of a national security position that does not require eligibility for access to classified information is subject to periodic reinvestigation at least once every five years. Such reinvestigation must be conducted using a national security questionnaire, and at a frequency and scope that will satisfy the reinvestigation requirements for both national security and public trust positions.