[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2693-S2694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 562. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ADJUDICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED 
                   INFORMATION AND PRIOR USE OF CANNABIS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Cannabis.--The term ``cannabis'' has the meaning given 
     the term ``marihuana'' in section 102 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
       (2) Eligibility for access to classified information.--The 
     term ``eligibility for access to classified information'' has 
     the meaning given such term in the procedures established 
     pursuant to section 801(a) of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161(a)).
       (3) Initiation of a national security vetting process.--The 
     term ``initiation of a national security vetting process'' 
     means the process that commences once an individual

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     signs the certification contained in the Standard Form 86 
     (SF-86), Questionnaire for National Security Positions, or 
     successor form.
       (b) Adjudications.--Recreational use of cannabis by an 
     individual that occurs before the initiation of a national 
     security vetting process by the individual may be relevant, 
     but not determinative, to adjudications of the eligibility of 
     the individual for access to classified information or the 
     eligibility of the individual to hold a sensitive position.
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