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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4137 
To require the Secretary of State to report annually on adverse security 
clearance adjudications, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2025 
Mr. LIEU (for himself and Mr. CASTRO of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of State to report annually on 
adverse security clearance adjudications, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Transparency in Secu-
rity Clearance Denials Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE ON CER-
TAIN ADVERSE SECURITY CLEARANCE ADJU-
DICATIONS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
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Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that 
contains, with respect to the 1-year period ending on the 
date of the submission of the report, the following: 
(1) For each type of covered adjudicative out-
come, the number of individuals who received such 
outcome from the Assistant Secretary of State for 
Diplomatic Security. 
(2) The number of individuals who submitted to 
the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Se-
curity an appeal with respect to a covered adjudica-
tive outcome, disaggregated by whether the appeal 
related to assignment restrictions or assignment re-
views. 
(3) The success rate of such appeals. 
(4) A description of the considerations and cri-
teria used by such employees to determine whether 
a covered adjudicative outcome is warranted. 
(b) DISAGGREGATION OF DATA.—The data specified 
in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) shall also 
be disaggregated by the following: 
(1) Position held by the individual, including by 
the following: 
(A) Foreign Service officer. 
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(B) Civil service employee. 
(C) Other position. 
(2) Ethnicity, national origin, and race, to the 
extent such information is available. 
(3) Gender, to the extent such information is 
available. 
(c) INITIAL REPORT SCOPE.—Notwithstanding the 
1-year period described in subsection (a), the first report 
submitted pursuant to the requirements of that section 
shall be with respect to the period beginning on January 
1, 2024, and ending on the date of the submission of such 
first report. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONTINUOUS VETTING.—The term ‘‘contin-
uous vetting’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 6601 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Mat-
thew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 
3352). 
(2) COVERED
ADJUDICATIVE
OUTCOME.—The 
term ‘‘covered adjudicative outcome’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(A) With respect to an initial security 
clearance background investigation, an adju-
dication that was unfavorable and resulted in a 
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denial, suspension, or revocation of a security 
clearance. 
(B) With respect to a periodic reinvestiga-
tion, an adjudication that was unfavorable and 
resulted in a denial, suspension, or revocation 
of a security clearance. 
(C) With respect to a program of contin-
uous vetting, a denial, suspension, or revocation 
of a security clearance taken by an authorized 
adjudicative agency as a result of such contin-
uous vetting. 
(3) PERIODIC
REINVESTIGATION.—The term 
‘‘periodic reinvestigation’’ has the meaning given 
that terms in section 3001 of the Intelligence Re-
form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 
U.S.C. 3341). 
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