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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3894 

To prohibit the granting or renewing of security clearances to a person 

who has expressed support for a foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any affiliate of such Corps, including Hamas and Hezbollah, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 7, 2024 

Mr. COTTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit the granting or renewing of security clearances 

to a person who has expressed support for a foreign 

terrorist organization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

Corps, or any affiliate of such Corps, including Hamas 

and Hezbollah, 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 ‘‘No Clearances for Ter5 rorist Sympathizers Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GRANTING OR RENEWING SECU2 RITY CLEARANCES TO PERSONS WHO HAVE 

3 PUBLICLY EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR A FOR4 EIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, THE IS5 LAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS, OR 

6 ANY AFFILIATE OF SUCH CORPS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 3002 of 

8 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

9 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3343) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘covered person who is an’’ and 

11 inserting the following: ‘‘covered person who— 

12 ‘‘(1) is an’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (1), as designated by para14 graph (1), by striking the period at the end and in15 serting a semicolon; 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(2) has ever publicly expressed support for any 

18 organization designated as a foreign terrorist organi19 zation pursuant to section 219(a) of the Immigra20 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)), the Is21 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any affiliate of 

22 such Corps, including Hamas and Hezbollah; or 

23 ‘‘(3) has ties to or supports the Islamic Revolu24 tionary Guard Corps or any affiliate of such Corps, 

25 including Hamas and Hezbollah.’’; and 


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1 (4) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘PRO2 HIBITION’’ and inserting ‘‘PROHIBITIONS’’. 

3 (b) PERIODIC AUDITS.—Such section is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(e) PERIODIC AUDITS.—Not less frequently than 

6 once every two years, the Inspector General of the Intel7 ligence Community shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) audit the clearance granting and renewal 

9 process of each Federal agency that has authority to 

10 grant or renew a security clearance; and 

11 ‘‘(2) for each Federal agency audited pursuant 

12 to paragraph (1), submit to Congress a certification 

13 as to whether the Federal agency has effective meas14 ures in effect to determine whether an applicant for 

15 a security clearance has ever expressed support for 

16 any organization designated as a foreign terrorist or17 ganization pursuant to section 219(a) of the Immi18 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)), the 

19 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or any affiliate 

20 of such Corps, including Hamas and Hezbollah.’’. 

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