Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§2244 Security Investigations
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 134 — MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › SUBCHAPTER I — MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES, PROHIBITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS › § 2244
Summary
DoD funds may not be used to investigate whether to give a person or facility a security clearance unless the Secretary of Defense finds that no other federal agency has a current, complete investigation file and none is conducting one. "Current" means within the past five years.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §2244
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used for the conduct of an investigation by the Department of Defense, or by any other Federal department or agency, for purposes of determining whether to grant a security clearance to an individual or a facility unless the Secretary of Defense determines both of the following:
(1)That a current, complete investigation file is not available from any other department or agency of the Federal Government with respect to that individual or facility.
(2)That no other department or agency of the Federal Government is conducting an investigation with respect to that individual or facility that could be used as the basis for determining whether to grant the security clearance.
(b)For purposes of subsection (a)(1), a current investigation file is a file on an investigation that has been conducted within the past five years.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1991—Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “Government” for “government”.
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10 U.S.C. § 2244
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102