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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1604 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny security clearances to any 

employee of the Executive Office of the President who is under investigation by a Federal law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign government or who fails to disclose contacts with foreign nationals on Standard 

Form 86, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2019 

Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

HASTINGS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, and Mr. ESPAILLAT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny security 

clearances to any employee of the Executive Office of 

the President who is under investigation by a Federal 

law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign government 

or who fails to disclose contacts with foreign nationals 

on Standard Form 86, 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 ‘‘White House Security 

5 Clearance Accountability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CER2 TAIN EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

3 EMPLOYEES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3110 of title 5, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(f)(1) A security clearance— 

8 ‘‘(A) granted to any covered individual before 

9 the date of enactment of this subsection is hereby 

10 revoked; and 

11 ‘‘(B) may not be granted or renewed for any 

12 covered individual after such date. 

13 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘covered individual’ 

14 means any individual occupying a position in the Execu15 tive Office of the President— 

16 ‘‘(A) who is under investigation by a Federal 

17 law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign govern18 ment; or 

19 ‘‘(B) who knowingly fails, or knowingly failed, 

20 to disclose (on Standard Form 86 or any successor 

21 form), to the extent such form requires such disclo22 sure, any relationship or contact with a foreign na23 tional.’’. 

24 (b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

25 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

26 shall submit a report to the Committee on Oversight and 


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1 Reform and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

2 Governmental Affairs describing any instance during the 

3 period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the 

4 date of enactment of this Act in which an individual occu5 pying a position in the Executive Office of the President 

6 was granted a security clearance despite an unfavorable 

7 recommendation from the White House Security Office, 

8 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other Federal 

9 agency. Such report shall include the name and position 

10 of any such individual and the date the decision was made 

11 to grant the clearance. 

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