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§3351a Making Certain Policies and Execution Plans Relating to Personnel Clearances Available to Industry Partners

Title 50 › Chapter 45— MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › Subchapter III— SECURITY CLEARANCES AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION › § 3351a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Security Executive Agent — the official who serves in that role under law. Appropriate industry partner — a contractor, licensee, or grantee that takes part in the National Industrial Security Program. The leader of each federal agency must share security-clearance policies and related plans with industry partners who are directly affected, while protecting national security and the program’s goals. Within 90 days after December 20, 2019, the Security Executive Agent and the National Industrial Security Program Director must together create rules so cleared industry partners with a need to know can access the policies and plans that affect them.

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Title 50, §3351a

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(a)In this section:
(1)The term “Security Executive Agent” means the officer serving as the Security Executive Agent pursuant to section 3162a of this title.
(2)The term “appropriate industry partner” means a contractor, licensee, or grantee (as defined in section 101(a) of Executive Order 12829 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to National Industrial Security Program), as in effect on the day before December 20, 2019) that is participating in the National Industrial Security Program established by such Executive Order.
(b)Each head of a Federal agency shall share policies and plans relating to security clearances with appropriate industry partners directly affected by such policies and plans in a manner consistent with the protection of national security as well as the goals and objectives of the National Industrial Security Program administered pursuant to Executive Order 12829 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to the National Industrial Security Program).
(c)Not later than 90 days after December 20, 2019, the Security Executive Agent and the Director of the National Industrial Security Program shall jointly develop policies and procedures by which appropriate industry partners with proper security clearances and a need to know can have appropriate access to the policies and plans shared pursuant to subsection (b) that directly affect those industry partners.

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Executive Order 12829, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2) and (b), is Ex. Ord. No. 12829, Jan. 6, 1993, 58 F.R. 3479, which is set out as a note under section 3161 of this title.

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50 U.S.C. § 3351a

Title 50War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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