Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110
§831 Regulations for Employment Security
Title 50 › CHAPTER 23 — INTERNAL SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER III — PERSONNEL SECURITY PROCEDURES IN NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY › § 831
Summary
Under this subchapter, the Secretary of Defense must create and enforce ongoing security rules. Those rules must stop people from being hired, assigned, or kept at the National Security Agency or from getting access to classified information there, unless that job or access is clearly needed for the national security.
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Title 50, §831
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Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary of Defense (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall prescribe such regulations relating to continuing security procedures as he considers necessary to assure—
(1)that no person shall be employed in, or detailed or assigned to, the National Security Agency (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Agency”), or continue to be so employed, detailed, or assigned; and
(2)that no person so employed, detailed, or assigned shall have access to any classified information;
unless such employment, detail, assignment, or access to classified information is clearly consistent with the national security.
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50 U.S.C. § 831
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110