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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 45— MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES · SUBCHAPTER III— SECURITY CLEARANCES AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION · § 3342

§ 3342. Security clearances for transition team members

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(1)Definition In this section, the term “eligible candidate” has the meaning given such term by section 3(h)(4) of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note).
(2)In general Each eligible candidate for President may submit, before the date of the general election, requests for security clearances for prospective transition team members who will have a need for access to classified information to carry out their responsibilities as members of the President-elect’s transition team.
(3)Completion date Necessary background investigations and eligibility determinations to permit appropriate prospective transition team members to have access to classified information shall be completed, to the fullest extent practicable, by the day after the date of the general election.
(Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7601(c), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3857; Pub. L. 111–283, § 2(c)(1), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3048.)
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  • Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7601(c)
  • 118 Stat. 3857
  • Pub. L. 111–283, § 2(c)(1)
  • 124 Stat. 3048
  • section 7601 of Pub. L. 108–458
  • section 3(h)(4) of Pub. L. 88–277
  • Pub. L. 111–283, § 2(c)(1)(A)
  • Pub. L. 111–283, § 2(c)(1)(B)
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§ 3342
Security clearances for transition team members
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7601(c)
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 111–283, § 2(c)(1)
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Pub. L.section 7601 of Pub. L. 108–458
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