Title: Security Clearance Review Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Security Clearance Review Act
This bill amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation to revoke, or prohibit the renewal of, a security clearance of a political appointee in the Executive Office of the President if necessary for national security purposes.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3564 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3564

 To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
  to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 
revoke the security clearance of political appointees in the Executive 
        Office of the President for national security purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Payne, Mr. Johnson 
of Georgia, Mrs. Torres, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. 
 Raskin, Mr. Welch, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Shea-Porter, Miss 
   Rice of New York, Mr. Evans, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
 Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Jayapal, 
and Mr. McGovern) 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 amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
  to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 
revoke the security clearance of political appointees in the Executive 
        Office of the President for national security 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 ``Security Clearance Review Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO 
              REVOKE CERTAIN SECURITY CLEARANCES.

    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) Political Appointees in Executive Office of the President.--
            ``(1) Authority of director of the federal bureau of 
        investigation.--Notwithstanding the procedures established 
        under section 801(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
        U.S.C. 3161(a)), the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation may revoke, or prohibit the renewal of, a 
        security clearance of an individual described in paragraph (2) 
        if the Director determines that such revocation, or prohibition 
        of renewal, is necessary for national security purposes.
            ``(2) Individual described.--An individual described in 
        this paragraph is an individual who--
                    ``(A) is a political appointee (as defined in the 
                Edward `Ted' Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential 
                Transitions Improvements Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-
                136; 5 U.S.C. 3101 note)) in the Executive Office of 
                the President; and
                    ``(B) holds a security clearance that provides for 
                access to--
                            ``(i) special access programs;
                            ``(ii) Restricted Data; or
                            ``(iii) any other information commonly 
                        referred to as `sensitive compartmented 
                        information'.''.
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