Title: CLEARANCES Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Commonsense Legislation Ensuring Accountability by Reporting Access of Non-Cleared Employees to Secrets Act or the CLEARANCES Act
This bill requires the President to submit quarterly reports to Congress on security clearance information with respect to individuals working in the White House or in the Executive Office of the President.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 538 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 538

To amend title 5, United States Code, to require a quarterly report on 
 security clearances for individuals working in the White House or the 
       Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2019

Mr. Ted Lieu of California (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cohen, Miss Rice of New York, 
    Ms. Norton, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. 
      Cicilline, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
Krishnamoorthi, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require a quarterly report on 
 security clearances for individuals working in the White House or the 
       Executive Office of the President, 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 ``Commonsense Legislation Ensuring 
Accountability by Reporting Access of Non-Cleared Employees to Secrets 
Act'' or the ``CLEARANCES Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE 
              WHITE HOUSE AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.

    (a) In General.--Subpart I of part III of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after section 10106 the following:

                   ``CHAPTER 102--SECURITY CLEARANCES

``Sec.
``10201. Report on individuals working in the White House and Executive 
                            Office of the President.
``Sec. 10201. Report on individuals working in the White House and 
              Executive Office of the President
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
enactment of this section and every 3 months thereafter, the President 
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on 
security clearance information on any individual working in the White 
House or the Executive Office of the President, including--
            ``(1) the President's staff or any other individual in the 
        White House or Office whose function is to advise or assist the 
        President; and
            ``(2) any individual who is detailed from the Government, a 
        university, a think tank, or the private sector to the White 
        House or the Office.
    ``(b) Report Requirements.--A report submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
            ``(1) The name and position of any individual working in 
        the White House or the Office and who holds a security 
        clearance.
            ``(2) With respect to any detailee, the entity or agency 
        from which the individual was detailed.
            ``(3) With respect to any clearance listed pursuant to 
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) whether the clearance is temporary or 
                permanent and level of the clearance;
                    ``(B) the date the background investigation was 
                initiated and the date of adjudication (if any); and
                    ``(C) the date of any interim reports or 
                notifications from the investigating agency.
            ``(4) The name and position of any individual working in 
        the White House or the Office who was granted a security 
        clearance by the President or other authorizing personnel 
        despite an unfavorable recommendation from the White House 
        Security Office or an agency, and the date the decision was 
        made to grant the clearance.
            ``(5) The name and position of any individual not contained 
        in any list above whom the President has provided access to 
        classified information, the date the information was so 
        provided, and the level of classification of the information.
            ``(6) The name and position of any individual working in 
        the White House or Office--
                    ``(A) whose security clearance has been revoked or 
                suspended and the date of such revocation or 
                suspension; or
                    ``(B) who held an interim security clearance for a 
                period longer than one year, and a justification from 
                the White House Counsel as to why it is in the national 
                security interest of the United States to keep the 
                employee in the position without a permanent security 
                clearance.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `appropriate congressional committees' 
        means--
                    ``(A) the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence and the Committees on Oversight and Reform 
                and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and
                    ``(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence and the 
                Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental 
                Affairs and the Judiciary of the Senate; and
            ``(2) the term `Office' means the Executive Office of the 
        President.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for such title is 
amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 101 the following:

``102. Security Clearances..................................   10201''.
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