---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 156.1"
title: "32"
number: "156.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/156.1"
---

# §156.1. Purpose.


This part updates policies and responsibilities for the DoD Personnel Security Program (PSP) consistent with E.O. 12968, as amended; E.O. 10450, as amended; E.O. 10865, as amended; E.O. 13526; E.O. 12829, as amended; E.O. 13467; E.O. 13488; E.O. 12333, as amended; 5 U.S.C. [301](/usc/5/301.md) and [7532](/usc/5/7532.md); section 1072 of Public Law 110-181, as amended; [15 U.S.C. 278g-3](/usc/15/278g-3.md); [40 U.S.C. 11331](/usc/40/11331.md); [10 U.S.C. 1564](/usc/10/1564.md); 32 CFR parts [147](/cfr/32/part147.md), [154](/cfr/32/part154.md) through 156; [50 U.S.C. 3343](/usc/50/3343.md); 5 CFR parts [731](/cfr/5/part731.md), [731.101](/cfr/5/part731.101.md), 732 and 736; and HSPD-12.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12968, as amended; E.O. 10450, as amended; E.O. 10865, as amended; E.O. 13526; E.O. 12829, as amended; E.O. 13467; E.O. 13488; E.O. 12333, as amended; 5 U.S.C 301 and 7532; section 1072 of Pub. L. 110-181, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 278g-3; 40 U.S.C. 11331; 10 U.S.C. 1564; 50 U.S.C. 3343; 5 CFR parts 731, 731.101, 732, and 736; and HSPD-12.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 18163, Apr. 1, 2014, unless otherwise noted.