51 USC § 70709 - Security clearances for Commission members and staff

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s70709"
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title: "51 USC § 70709 - Security clearances for Commission members and staff"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "70709"
section_name: "Security clearances for Commission members and staff"
chapter_number: 707
chapter_name: "HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3435.)"
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# § 70709. Security clearances for Commission members and staff

The appropriate Federal agencies or departments shall cooperate with a Commission in expeditiously providing to the Commission members and staff appropriate security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to existing procedures and requirements. No person shall be provided with access to classified information under this chapter without the appropriate security clearances.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3435.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70709 | 42 U.S.C. 16849. | Pub. L. 109–155, title VIII, § 829, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2944. |