I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7259 
To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to revise reporting requirements 
related to security clearances. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 3, 2008 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. ISSA) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
addition to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to revise 
reporting requirements related to security clearances. 
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 ‘‘Security Clearance 
Oversight and Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTS RELATING TO SECURITY CLEARANCES. 
(a) REPORTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘REPORTS ON SECURITY CLEARANCES 
‘‘SEC. 508. (a) QUADRENNIAL AUDIT OF POSITION 
REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall every 
four years conduct an audit of how the executive 
branch determines whether a security clearance is 
required for a particular position in the Federal 
Government. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 30 days 
after the completion of an audit conducted under 
paragraph (1), the President shall submit to Con-
gress the results of such audit. 
‘‘(b) REPORT
ON SECURITY CLEARANCE DETER-
MINATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 
of each year, the President (or a designee of the 
President) shall submit to Congress a report on the 
security clearance process. Such report shall include, 
for each security clearance level— 
‘‘(A) the number of government employees 
who— 
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‘‘(i) held a security clearance at such 
level as of October 1 of the preceding year; 
and 
‘‘(ii) were approved for a security 
clearance at such level during the pre-
ceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) the number of contractors who— 
‘‘(i) held a security clearance at such 
level as of October 1 of the preceding year; 
and 
‘‘(ii) were approved for a security 
clearance at such level during the pre-
ceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(C) for each element of the intelligence 
community— 
‘‘(i) the amount of time it took to 
process the fastest 80 percent of security 
clearance determinations for such level; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of time it took to 
process the fastest 90 percent of security 
clearance determinations for such level; 
‘‘(iii) the number of open security 
clearance investigations for such level that 
have remained open for— 
‘‘(I) 4 months or less; 
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(C) metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of 
interagency clearance reciprocity; and 
(D) Federal Government-wide investigation 
standards and metrics for investigation quality. 
(b) INITIAL AUDIT.—The first audit required to be 
conducted under section 508(a)(1) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (as added by subsection (a)) shall be com-
pleted not later than February 1, 2010. 
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