§ 3341 Security clearances
§ 3342 Security clearances for transition team members
§ 3343 Security clearances; limitations
§ 3344 Classification training program
§ 3345 Limitation on handling, retention, and storage of certain classified materials by the Department of State
§ 3346 Compilation and organization of previously declassified records
§ 3347 Secrecy agreements used in intelligence activities
§ 3348 Reports relating to certain special access programs and similar programs
§ 3348a Congressional oversight of sensitive programs not covered by other provisions of law
§ 3349 Notification regarding the authorized public disclosure of national intelligence
§ 3350 Maximum amount charged for declassification reviews
§ 3351 Improving quality of information in background investigation request packages
§ 3351a Making certain policies and execution plans relating to personnel clearances available to industry partners
§ 3351b Limitations on determinations regarding certain security classifications
§ 3352 Definitions
§ 3352a Reports and plans relating to security clearances and background investigations
§ 3352b Improving the process for security clearances
§ 3352c Goals for promptness of determinations regarding security clearances
§ 3352d Reports on reciprocity for security clearances inside of departments and agencies
§ 3352e Periodic report on positions in the intelligence community that can be conducted without access to classified information, networks, or facilities
§ 3352f Information-sharing program for positions of trust and security clearances

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 50 > Chapter 45 > Subchapter III - Security Clearances and Classified Information

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1