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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7751 

To require the Secretary of State to report annually on adverse security 

clearance adjudications, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2024 

Mr. LIEU (for himself, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, and Mr. KIM of New Jersey) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of State to report annually on 

adverse security clearance adjudications, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Secu5 rity Clearance Denials Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE ON CER2 TAIN ADVERSE SECURITY CLEARANCE ADJU3 DICATIONS. 

4 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

6 Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on For7 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com8 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that 

9 contains, for the year covered by the report, the following: 

10 (1) For each type of covered adjudicative out11 come, the number of individuals who received such 

12 outcome from the Assistant Secretary of State for 

13 Diplomatic Security. 

14 (2) The number of individuals who submitted to 

15 the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Se16 curity an appeal with respect to a covered adjudica17 tive outcome. 

18 (3) The success rate of such appeals. 

19 (4) A description of the considerations and cri20 teria used by such employees to determine whether 

21 a covered adjudicative outcome is warranted. 

22 (b) DISAGGREGATION OF DATA.—The data specified 

23 in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) shall be 

24 disaggregated by the following: 

25 (1) Position held by the individual, including by 

26 the following: 


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1 (A) Foreign Service officer. 

2 (B) Civil service employee. 

3 (C) Other position. 

4 (2) Ethnicity, national origin, and race, to the 

5 extent such information is available. 

6 (3) Gender, to the extent such information is 

7 available. 

8 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) CONTINUOUS VETTING.—The term ‘‘contin10 uous vetting’’ has the meaning given that term in 

11 section 6601 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Mat12 thew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act 

13 for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 

14 3352). 

15 (2) COVERED ADJUDICATIVE OUTCOME.—The 

16 term ‘‘covered adjudicative outcome’’ means the fol17 lowing: 

18 (A) With respect to an initial security 

19 clearance background investigation, an adju20 dication that was unfavorable and resulted in a 

21 denial, suspension, or revocation of a security 

22 clearance. 

23 (B) With respect to a periodic reinvestiga24 tion, an adjudication that was unfavorable and 


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1 resulted in a denial, suspension, or revocation 

2 of a security clearance. 

3 (C) With respect to a program of contin4 uous vetting, a denial, suspension, or revocation 

5 of a security clearance taken by an authorized 

6 adjudicative agency as a result of such contin7 uous vetting. 

8 (3) PERIODIC REINVESTIGATION.—The term 

9 ‘‘periodic reinvestigation’’ has the meaning given 

10 that terms in section 3001 of the Intelligence Re11 form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 

12 U.S.C. 3341). 

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