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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1094 
To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
to prohibit individuals with security clearances from being employed 
by certain entities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2021 
Mr. BANKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, for a period to be subsequently 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 prohibit individuals with security clear-
ances from being employed by certain entities. 
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 ‘‘Safe Career Transi-
tions for Intelligence and National Security Profes-
sionals’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON INDIVIDUALS WITH SECURITY 
CLEARANCES FROM BEING EMPLOYED BY 
CERTAIN ENTITIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 3002 of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 
3343) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—A covered person may not 
be employed by, contract with, or otherwise receive 
funding from, any covered entity during the fol-
lowing periods: 
‘‘(A) A period in which the person holds a 
security clearance. 
‘‘(B) The 5-year period beginning on the 
date that the security clearance of a person be-
comes inactive. 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—Any person who knowingly 
violates the prohibition in paragraph (1) shall be 
fined under title 18, United States Code, or impris-
oned for not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—A person who holds a se-
curity clearance shall be notified of the prohibition 
in paragraph (1), including a list of the covered enti-
ties, as follows: 
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‘‘(A) At the time at which the person is 
issued the security clearance. 
‘‘(B) At the time at which the security 
clearance of the person is renewed. 
‘‘(C) At the time at which the security 
clearance of the person becomes inactive. 
‘‘(4) COVERED ENTITY.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), in this subsection, the term ‘covered 
entity’ means any of the following entities (in-
cluding any subsidiary or affiliate of such enti-
ties): 
‘‘(i) Huawei Technologies Company. 
‘‘(ii) ZTE Corporation. 
‘‘(iii) Hytera Communications Cor-
poration. 
‘‘(iv) Hangzhou Hikvision Digital 
Technology Company. 
‘‘(v) Dahua Technology Company. 
‘‘(vi) Kaspersky Lab. 
‘‘(B) MODIFICATIONS.—The Director of 
National Intelligence, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense or the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, may add or 
remove entities to the list of covered entities in 
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subparagraph (A) based on whether the Direc-
tor determines there is reasonable belief that 
the entity is owned or controlled by, or other-
wise connected to or receiving financial support 
from, the government of the People’s Republic 
of China, the government of the Russian Fed-
eration, the government of the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, or the government of the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 
3002 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Pre-
vention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3343) shall apply 
with respect to an individual who is employed by, 
contracts with, or otherwise receives funding from, 
any covered entity under such subsection on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, each 
person who holds a security clearance as of such 
date shall be notified of the prohibition in such sub-
section (e), including a list of the covered entities 
under such subsection. 
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