32 CFR § 147.20 - Exception to periods of coverage.

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title: "32 CFR § 147.20 - Exception to periods of coverage."
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title_name: "National Defense"
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part_number: "147"
part_name: "ADJUDICATIVE GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION"
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authority: "E.O. 12968 (60 FR 40245, 3 CFR 1995 Comp., p 391)."
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# 147.20 Exception to periods of coverage.

Some elements of standards specify a period of coverage (e.g. seven years). Where appropriate, such coverage may be shortened to the period from the subject's eighteenth birthday to the present or to two years, whichever is longer.