---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 16.6"
title: "22"
number: "16.6"
heading: "Security clearances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/16.6"
---

# §16.6. Security clearances.


The agencies shall use their best endeavors to expedite security clearances whenever necessary to ensure a fair and prompt investigation and hearing.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 4 of the Act of May 26, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 111; 22 U.S.C. 2658); Pub. L. 94-141 (89 Stat. 765); 22 U.S.C. 1037; sec. 10 of E.O. 11636 (36 FR 24901).

### Source

Source: 41 FR 13912, Apr. 1, 1976, unless otherwise noted.