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Union Calendar No. 709 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6374 
[Report No. 115–913] 
To require the Department of Homeland Security to streamline Federal 
contractor fitness determinations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2018 
Mr. PERRY (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 13, 2018] 
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A BILL 
To require the Department of Homeland Security to stream-
line Federal contractor fitness determinations, and for 
other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Fitness Information 
Transparency Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘FIT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO STREAMLINE FITNESS DETER-
MINATIONS. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF FITNESS STANDARDS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 
the Chief Security Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security, shall— 
(1) coordinate with the heads of components of 
the Department to review and consolidate all Federal 
contractor fitness standards used by the Department 
and its components in order to issue a uniform set of 
fitness standards that reflect public trust concerns 
which correspond to each position risk level; 
(2) require the Department and the heads of its 
components to use such uniform fitness standards that 
correspond to the relevant position risk level as the 
basis for fitness determinations for a contractor em-
ployee; and 
(3) publish such uniform fitness standards that 
correspond to each such position risk level on the pub-
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lic website of the Department and cause the same to 
be printed in the Federal Register. 
(b) DEVIATION FROM UNIFORM FITNESS STAND-
ARDS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting 
through the Chief Security Officer of the Department of 
Homeland Security, may authorize the Department or a 
component of the Department to deviate from the uniform 
fitness standards issued pursuant to subsection (a) on a po-
sition-by-position basis if— 
(1) the Secretary publishes in writing on the 
public website of the Department and causes the same 
to be printed in the Federal Register a certification 
that contains— 
(A) a determination that such uniform fit-
ness standards are not sufficient to protect infor-
mation, systems, or facilities of the Department 
the unauthorized disclosure of which or unau-
thorized access to which could reasonably be ex-
pected to cause substantial damage to the integ-
rity and efficiency of the Department; and 
(B) a description of approved additional 
fitness standards and a list to which positions 
such deviation applies; or 
(2) exigent circumstances created by a presi-
dential declaration of a major disaster issued pursu-
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ant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170) require such deviation to mitigate staffing 
shortages for the duration of such declaration. 
(c) RECIPROCITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Security Officer of 
the Department of Homeland Security shall imple-
ment a process to ensure fitness determinations made 
by the Department are uniformly accepted throughout 
the Department and its components. 
(2) SUFFICIENCY.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security, acting through the Chief Security Officer of 
the Department of Homeland Security, may, as ap-
propriate, deem a favorably adjudicated personnel se-
curity investigation sufficient to satisfy a requirement 
to complete a contractor fitness determination under 
this section. 
(d) FITNESS ADJUDICATION STATUS UPDATES.—Not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 
the Chief Security Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security and in coordination with heads of the components 
of the Department, shall implement a uniform process to— 
(1) provide, not less frequently than monthly, 
contractor representatives certified pursuant to sub-
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