Sec. 243. Unclassified workspaces for personnel with pending security clearances
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue guidance to ensure, to the extent practicable, that all facilities the Department of Defense at which covered personnel perform work functions have unclassified workspaces. The guidance issued under subsection
(a)shall include guidelines under which appropriately screened individuals other than covered personnel, such as interns and visiting experts, may use unclassified workspaces on a space-available basis. Not later than 90 days after the issuance of the guidance under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— a plan for implementing the guidance; a description of how existing facilities may be modified to accommodate unclassified workspaces; and identification of any impediments to making unclassified workspace available as described in subsection (a). In this section, the term unclassified workspace means a workspace at which unclassified work may be performed. The term covered personnel means a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense who has applied for, but who has not yet received, a security clearance.