Title: Special Counsel Security Assurance Act of 2018
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Special Counsel Security Assurance Act of 2018
This bill sets forth a procedure for revoking the security clearance of a special counsel appointed by the Attorney General, or of another official appointed by the Attorney General who exercises a similar degree of independence from the Department of Justice chain of command.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6955 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6955

To establish a procedure to revoke the security clearance of a special 
   counsel appointed by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2018

 Mr. Panetta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a procedure to revoke the security clearance of a special 
   counsel appointed by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Special Counsel Security Assurance 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
security clearance of a special counsel appointed by the Attorney 
General in accordance with part 600 of title 28, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any other official appointed by the Attorney General 
who exercises a similar degree of independence from the normal 
Department of Justice chain of command, may be revoked only if the 
Attorney General files an action for revocation in the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia and files a contemporaneous 
notice of the action with the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
    (b) Judicial Panel.--Any action filed under subsection (a) shall be 
heard and determined by a court of 3 judges pursuant to section 2284 of 
title 28, United States Code, and any appeal shall lie to the Supreme 
Court.
    (c) Revocation for Cause.--The security clearance of a special 
counsel or official described in subsection (a) may be revoked only 
after the court--
            (1) considers the guidelines enumerated in subpart A of 
        part 147 of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations; and
            (2) issues an order finding that such security clearance is 
        no longer consistent with the interests of national security.
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