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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 5240 (Introduced in House) — To reform classification and security clearance processes throughout the Federal Government and, within the Departmen... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term Chief Security Officer means the Classified Information Advisory Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (identified and designated pursuant to section 210F of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124m )). The terms agency , authorized investigative agency , authorized adjudicative agency , current investigation file , periodic reinvestigations , and personnel security investigation have the meanings given those terms in section 3001(a) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 50 U.S.C. 3341(a) ).
The term investigation service provider means the Office of Personnel Management and any other entity that undertakes investigative services, including criminal record checks, financial record checks, field interviews, employment review, and education verifications, for an investigation file for a national security position. The term national security position has the meaning given that term in section 732.102 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.
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