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title: "51 U.S.C. § 70709"
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title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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chapter_name: "HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 70709 - Security clearances for Commission members and staff

## Text

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.

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

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7070942 U.S.C. 16849.Pub. L. 109–155, title VIII, § 829, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2944.