The Fair Chance Act is a federal extension of "ban-the-box" laws. There are three exceptions to the ban on requesting criminal history from a job applicant: (1) if consideration of criminal history record information prior to a conditional offer is required by law, (2) the position at issue would have access to classified infomration or have sensitive law enforcement or national security duties, or (3) the position is identified as excepted by the Adminstrator of General Services (or in the case of defense contracts, the Secretary of Defense).