SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commonsense Legisla-
tion Ensuring Accountability by Reporting Access of Non- 
Cleared Employees to Secrets Act’’ or the ‘‘CLEAR-
ANCES Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR INDIVID-
UALS WORKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart I of part III of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding after section 
10106 the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 102—SECURITY CLEARANCES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘10201. Report on individuals working in the White House and Executive Of-
fice of the President. 
‘‘§ 10201. Report on individuals working in the White 
House and Executive Office of the Presi-
dent 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months after 
the date of enactment of this section and every 3 months 
thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees on security clearance 
information on any individual working in the White House 
or the Executive Office of the President, including— 
‘‘(1) the President’s staff or any other indi-
vidual in the White House or Office whose function 
is to advise or assist the President; and 
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‘‘(2) any individual who is detailed from the 
Government, a university, a think tank, or the pri-
vate sector to the White House or the Office. 
‘‘(b) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—A report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The name and position of any individual 
working in the White House or the Office and who 
holds a security clearance. 
‘‘(2) With respect to any detailee, the entity or 
agency from which the individual was detailed from. 
‘‘(3) With respect to any clearance listed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) whether the clearance is temporary or 
permanent and level of the clearance; 
‘‘(B) the date the background investigation 
was initiated and the date of adjudication (if 
any); and 
‘‘(C) the date of any interim reports or no-
tifications from the investigating agency. 
‘‘(4) The name and position of any individual 
working in the White House or the Office who was 
granted a security clearance by the President or 
other authorizing personnel despite an unfavorable 
recommendation from the White House Security Of-
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fice or an agency, and the date the decision was 
made to grant the clearance. 
‘‘(5) The name and position of any individual 
not contained in any list above whom the President 
has provided access to classified information, the 
date the information was so provided, and the level 
of classification of the information. 
‘‘(6) The name and position of any individual 
working in the White House or Office— 
‘‘(A) whose security clearance has been re-
voked or suspended and the date of such rev-
ocation or suspension; or 
‘‘(B) who held an interim security clear-
ance for a period longer than one year, and a 
justification from the White House Counsel as 
to why it is in the national security interest of 
the United States to keep the employee in the 
position without a permanent security clear-
ance. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence and the Committees on Oversight 
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and Government Reform and the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Committees on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Judiciary of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Office’ means the Executive Of-
fice of the President.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for such title is amended by adding after the item relating 
to chapter 101 the following: 
‘‘102. Security Clearances ..................................................
10201’’. 
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