I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6429 
To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
to authorize candidates in a presidential election campaign to request 
a security clearance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2018 
Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. JEFFRIES, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 to authorize candidates in a presidential 
election campaign to request a security clearance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Access to 
Classified Information in Elections Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CANDIDATES DURING 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 
Stat. 3856) is amended by inserting after section 7601 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 7602. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CANDIDATES DUR-
ING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. 
‘‘(a) SECURITY CLEARANCE.—An eligible candidate 
may request a security clearance. 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—To the extent practicable pursu-
ant to existing procedures and requirements, the appro-
priate agencies and departments of the Federal Govern-
ment shall expeditiously provide the necessary background 
investigations and eligibility determinations with respect 
to a request for a security clearance by an eligible can-
didate under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(1) LIST.—Beginning not later than January 
1 of each year in which a presidential election is 
held, the Director shall maintain on a publicly acces-
sible internet website of the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence a list of each eligible candidate 
who— 
‘‘(A) is granted a security clearance pursu-
ant to a request under subsection (a); and 
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‘‘(B) provides written consent to the Direc-
tor to make public the status of such request. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES.—The Director shall update the 
list under paragraph (1) not later than 7 days after 
the date on which the Director receives the written 
consent of a candidate under subparagraph (B) of 
such paragraph. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE DEFINED.—The term ‘el-
igible candidate’ means a candidate for election to the of-
fice of President of the United States or the office of Vice 
President of the United States described in section 
9002(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
at the beginning of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 7601 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 7602. Security clearances for candidates during presidential election cam-
paigns.’’. 
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