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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1569 

To require a review of the adequacy of existing procedures to ensure at 

least one employee of the personal office of each Senator serving on 

a committee that requires access to top secret and sensitive compartmented information may obtain the security clearances necessary for 

the employee to have access to such information. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2015 

Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. TESTER, and Mrs. FISCHER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules 

and Administration 

A BILL 

To require a review of the adequacy of existing procedures 

to ensure at least one employee of the personal office 

of each Senator serving on a committee that requires 

access to top secret and sensitive compartmented information may obtain the security clearances necessary for 

the employee to have access to such information. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. REVIEW AND UPDATE OF GUIDANCE REGARD2 ING SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CERTAIN 

3 SENATE EMPLOYEES. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘covered committee of the Senate’’ 

6 means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services of 

8 the Senate; 

9 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

10 the Senate; 

11 (C) the Subcommittee on Defense of the 

12 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

13 (D) the Subcommittee on State, Foreign 

14 Operations, and Related Programs of the Com15 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

16 (E) the Committee on Homeland Security 

17 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

18 (F) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

19 Senate; 

20 (2) the term ‘‘covered Member of the Senate’’ 

21 means a Member of the Senate who serves on a cov22 ered committee of the Senate; and 

23 (3) the term ‘‘Senate employee’’ means an em24 ployee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of 

25 the Senate. 

26 (b) REVIEW OF PROCEDURES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

3 Senate Security, in coordination with the Director of 

4 National Intelligence and the Chairperson of the 

5 Suitability and Security Clearance Performance Ac6 countability Council established under Executive 

7 Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103), shall— 

8 (A) conduct a review of whether proce9 dures in effect enable 1 Senate employee des10 ignated by each covered Member of the Senate 

11 to obtain security clearances necessary for ac12 cess to classified national security information, 

13 including top secret and sensitive compartmen14 talized information, if the Senate employee 

15 meets the criteria for such clearances; and 

16 (B) if the Director of Senate Security, in 

17 coordination with the Director of National In18 telligence and the Chairperson of the Suitability 

19 and Security Clearance Performance Account20 ability Council established under Executive 

21 Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103), determines 

22 the procedures described in subparagraph (A) 

23 are inadequate, issue guidelines on the estab24 lishment and implementation of such proce25 dures. 


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1 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of Senate 

3 Security shall submit to each covered committee of 

4 the Senate a report regarding the review conducted 

5 under paragraph (1)(A) and guidance, if any, issued 

6 under paragraph (1)(B). 

7 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec8 tion shall be construed to alter— 

9 (1) the rule of the Information Security Over10 sight Office implementing Standard Form 312, 

11 which Members of Congress sign in order to be per12 mitted to access classified information; 

13 (2) the requirement that Members of the Sen14 ate satisfy the ‘‘need-to-know’’ requirement to access 

15 classified information; 

16 (3) the scope of the jurisdiction of any com17 mittee or subcommittee of the Senate; or 

18 (4) the inherent authority of the executive 

19 branch of the Government, the Office of Senate Se20 curity, any Committee of the Senate, or the Depart21 ment of Defense to determine recipients of all classi22 fied information. 

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